DI ATESSARO N. 

THE 

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LIFE OF OUR LORD; 

IN 

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BY 

FREDERIC GARDINER, D.D., 

PROFESSOR IN THE BERKELEY DIVINITY SCHOOL, 
AUTHOR OF "A HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS IN GREEK," ETC. ETC. 




WAR REN F. DRAPER, 

MAIN STREET. 

1871. 



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by 

WARREN F. DRAPER, 
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



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PRINTED BY WARREN F. DRAPER. 

PRESS RAND, AVERY & PR YE. 



PREFACE. 



The following work is an attempt to combine 
in one continuous narrative the distinct histories 
of the life of our Blessed Lord as given by the 
four Evangelists. In bringing them together, and 
weaving into continuous and connected sentences 
all their various clauses, supplying each its sep- 
arate information, slight modifications of the lan- 
guage are sometimes unavoidable. Care has been 
taken to limit these as much as possible, and in 
no case to alter the sense. 

Since the date of the English authorized version, 
the discovery of early Greek manuscripts and the 
abundant labor of critical scholars have estab- 
lished some changes in the Greek text then com- 
monly in use. Such changes have been adopted 
here as the only means of reproducing, as exactly 
as possible, the original inspired narrative. For 
the same reason also, a very few changes in the 

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PREFACE. 



translation — the propriety of which has been 
established by common consent — have been in- 
troduced into the text. In both cases the exact 
language of the authorized version is always 
given at the foot of the page ; and, with these 
exceptions, the language of that version has been 
conscientiously preserved throughout in the text. 

The chronological arrangement is that of the 
Author's Greek Harmony of the Gospels, — re- 
produced also in his English Harmony, — and the 
grounds upon which it rests having been given in 
the introduction and notes of that work, are not 
repeated here. 

The portions of the several Gospels combined 
in each part of the narrative are indicated in the 
margin. A few parallel references, illustrating 
the narrative, are given at the foot of the page ; 
and also such quotations from the Old Testament 
as contain any variation from the language used 
in the Gospels. When there is no such variation, 
merely the chapter and verse of the passage 
quoted are indicated. 

As far as possible the punctuation and para- 
graphs of Dr. Coit's excellent " Paragraph Bible" 



PREFACE. 



are retained. The words printed in italics in the 
authorized version (in order to show that they are 
not in the original), are here in uniform type with 
the rest, but have been occasionally omitted alto- 
gether when it could be done without injury to 
the sense. 

The life of our Lord has been of late years 
presented in such a multitude of forms, colored 
with the views and theories of such a multitude 
of minds, that it is hoped the present effort to 
present that life in the exact form of the inspired 
record, without addition or abatement, may' tend 
to the increase of the real knowledge of the life 
of the Saviour of mankind. 

FREDERIC GARDINER. 



Middletown, Conn., January, 1871. 



CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

PAGE 



Introductory, 1 

CHAPTER II. 
Events prior to the Birth op our Lord, 3 

CHAPTER III. 
Our Lord's Genealogy, 11 

CHAPTER IV. 
The Birth and Inpancy op our Lord, 14 



CHAPTER V. 
The Ministry op John the Baptist, and Baptism op our Lord, 21 

CHAPTER YI. 
The Temptation, and Events until our Lord's pirst Passover, 24 



CHAPTER VII. 
Our Lord's first Passover, and Events until the Call op 
the pirst Apostles, . . .30 

CHAPTER VIII. 
From the Call op the first Apostles, to our Lord's second 
Passover, . . . .41 

CHAPTER IX. 
Our Lord's second Passover, and Events until the Sermon 
on the Mount, . 49 

CHAPTER X. 
The Sermon on the Mount, .57 

CHAPTER XI. 
From the Sermon on the Mount until our Lord's second 

Rejection at Nazareth, .67 

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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XII. 
Our Lord's second Rejection, and until His third Passover, 88 

CHAPTER XIII. 
From our Lord's third Passover until His Transfiguration, 100 



CHAPTER XIV. 
Events between the Transfiguration and the Feast of 
Tabernacles, Ill 

CHAPTER XV. 
The Feast of Tabernacles, and until the Return of the 

Seventy, 122 

CHAPTER XVI. 
Return of the Seventy, and until the Feast of Dedication, 135 

CHAPTER XVII. 
From the Feast of Dedication to the Resurrection of 
Lazarus, 151 

CHAPTER XVIII. 
The Resurrection of Lazarus, 163 



CHAPTER XIX. 
From the Resurrection of Lazarus to the Feast at Bethany, 168 

(Schedule of Events of each Day in the Holy Week), . 183 



CHAPTER XX. 
The First Day of the Holy Week, 184 

CHAPTER XXI. 
The Second Day of the Holy Week, 187 

CHAPTER XXII. 
The Thtrd and Fourth Days of the Holy Week, . . .189 

CHAPTER XXIII. 
The Fifth and Sixth Days of the Holy Week, .... 209 

CHAPTER XXIV. 
The Day of the Resurrection, 246 

CHAPTER XXV. 
The Forty Days to the Aecension, 254 



DIATESSARON. 



CHAPTER I. 

INTRODUCTORY. 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 

with God, and the Word was God. The same was in 

the beginning with God. All things were 

, ; , • -. • i i • • Jno - *• 1-18. 

made by him ; and without him was not 

anything made that was made. In him was 1 life ; and 

the life was the light of men. And the light shineth 

in darkness ; and the darkness comprehended it not. 

There was a man sent from God, whose name was 

John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of 

the Light, that all through him might believe. He was 

not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that 

Light. 

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man 
that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and 
the world was made by him, and the world knew him 
not. He came unto his own, and his own received him 
not. But as many as received him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, even to them that 
believe on his name : which were born, not of blood, 

Ma 



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nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but 
of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt 
among us, (and we beheld his glory , a the glory as of 
the only-begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was 
he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is prefer- 
red before me: for he was before me. Because 1 of his 
fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For 
the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came 
by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time ; 
the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the 
Father, he hath declared him. 

Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth 

in order a declaration of those things which 
Lk. i. 1-4. ii* i 

are most surely believed among us, even as 

they delivered them unto us, which from the begin- 
ning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word ; it 
seemed good to me also, having had perfect understand- 
ing of all things from the very first, to write unto thee 
in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest 
know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast 
been instructed. 

i And of 

a Compare Matt. xvii. 1-8; Mar. ix. 2-8; Lk. ix. 28-38. 



CHAPTER II. 



EVENTS PRIOR TO THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD. 

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, 

a certain priest named Zacharias, of the 

r . Lk. i. 5-80. 

course of Abia : and his wife was of the 

daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And 
they were both righteous before God, walking in all the 
commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 
And they had no child, because that Elizabeth was bar- 
ren, and they both were well stricken in years. 

And it came to pass, that while he executed the 
priest's office before God in the order of his course, 
according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was 
to burn incense a when he went into the temple of the 
Lord. And the whole multitude of the people were 
praying without at the time of incense. And there ap- 
peared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the 
right side of the altar of incense. And when Zacharias 
saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But 
the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias : for thy 
prayer is heard ; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee 
a son, and thou shalt call his^ name John. And thou 
shalt have joy and gladness ; and many shall rejoice at 
his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the 
Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink ; 

a Ex. xxx. 8-8. 



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and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from 
his mother's womb. And many of the children of Israel 
shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go 
before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the 
hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient 
to the wisdom of the just ; to make ready a people pre- 
pared for the Lord. a And Zacharias said unto the 
angel, Whereby shall I know this ? for I am an old 
man, and my wife well stricken in years. And the angel 
answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the 
presence of God ; and am sent to speak unto thee, and 
to shew thee these glad tidings. And, behold ! thou 
shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that 
these things shall be performed, because thou believest 
not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. 
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled 
that he tarried so long in the temple. And when he 
came out, he could not speak unto them : and they per- 
ceived that he had seen a vision in the temple ; for he 
beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. 

And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of 
his ministration were accomplished, he departed to 
his own house. And after those days his wife Eliza- 
beth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, 
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein 
he looked on me, to take away my reproach among 
men. 

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent 
from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a 

» Mai. iii. 1; iv. 5, 6. " 



THE ANNUNCIATION. 



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virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the 
house of David ; and the virgin's name was Mary. 

And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail ! 
highly favored, the Lord is with thee. 1 And 2 she was 
troubled at the 3 saying, and cast in her mind what 
manner of salutation this should be. And the angel 
said unto her, Fear not, Mary : for thou hast found favor 
with God. And, behold ! thou shalt conceive in thy 
womb, and bring forth a son, a and shalt call his name 
Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son 
of the Highest : and the Lord God shall give unto him 
the throne of his father David : and he shall reism over 
the house of Jacob forever ; and of his kingdom there 
shall be no end. b Then said Mary unto the angel, How 
shall this be, seeing I know not a man ? And the angel 
answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall 
come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall 
overshadow thee : therefore also that holy thing which 
shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. 
And, behold ! thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also con- 
ceived a son in her old age ; and this is the sixth month 
with her who was called barren. For with God nothing 
shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the hand- 
maid of the Lord ; be it unto me according to thy word. 
And the angel departed from her. 

And Mary arose in those days, and went into the 
hill country with haste, into a city of Juda ; and entered 
into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth. And 



1 blessed art thou among women. 
a Isa. vii. 14. 



2 And when she saw him, 
b Dan, ii. 44; Jno. xii. 34. 



Shis 



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it came to pass, that, when Elizabeth heard the saluta- 
tion of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb ; and Eliza- 
beth was filled with the Holy Ghost : and she spake 
out with a loud cry, 1 and said, Blessed art thou among 
women ! and blessed the fruit of thy womb ! And 
whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should 
come to me ? For, lo ! as soon as the voice of thy salu- 
tation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my 
womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed : for 
there shall be a performance of those things which were 
told her from the Lord. And Mary said, a 

My soul doth magnify the Lord, 
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden : 
For, behold ! from henceforth all generations shall call 
me blessed. 

For He that is mighty hath done to me great things ; 
And Holy is his name. 
And his mercy is on them that fear him 
From generation to generation. 
He hath showed strength with his arm ; 
He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their 
hearts. 

He hath put down the mighty from their seats ? 

And exalted them of low degree. 

He hath filled the hungry with good things ; 

And the rich He hath sent empty away. 

He hath holpen his servant Israel, 

In remembrance of mercy, 



1 voice 



a Compare 1 Sam. ii. 1, etc. 



BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. 



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As He spake to our fathers, 

To Abraham, and to his seed for ever. a 

And Mary abode with her about three months, and 
returned to her own house. 

Now Elizabeth's full time came that she should be 
delivered"; and she brought forth a son. And her 
neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had 
showed great mercy upon her ; and they rejoiced with 
her. 

And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they 
came to circumcise the child ; b and they called him 
Zacharias, after the name of his father. And his mother 
answered and said, not so ; but he shall be called John. 
And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred 
that is called by this name. And they made signs to 
his father, how he would have it 1 called. And he asked 
for a writing-table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. 
And they marvelled all. And his mouth was opened 
immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and 
praised God. And fear came on all that dwelt round 
about them : and all these sayings were noised abroad 
throughout all the hill country of Judea. And all they 
that heard, laid them up in their hearts, saying, What 
manner of child shall this be! And truly 2 the hand 
of the Lord was with him. 

And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and propesied, saying, 

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ! 



l him 
a Gen. xxii. 16, etc. 



2 omit truly 
b Gen. xvii. 12; Lev. xii. 3. 



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For he hath visited and redeemed his people, 

And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us 

In the house of his servant David, 

(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, 

Which have been since the world began,) 

That we should be saved from our enemies, 

And from the hand of all that hate us ; 

To perform mercy with 1 our fathers, 

And to remember his holy covenant ; 

The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, 8 

That he would grant unto us, 

That we being delivered out of the hand of 2 enemies 

Might serve him without fear, 

In holiness and righteousness before him, 

All our 3 days. 

And thou, child, 

Shalt be called the prophet of the Highest : 
For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare 
his ways ; b 

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people 
By the remission of their sins, 
Through the tender mercy of our God ; 
Whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, 
To give light to them that sit in darkness, and the shadow 
of death, 

To guide our feet into the way of peace. 
- And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and 



l the mercy promised to our 2 our enemies 

3 All the days of our life, 
a Gen. xxii. 16, etc. b Isa.. xl. 3; Mai. iii. 1. 



THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD. 



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was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto 
Israel. 

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise : When 

as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they 

came together, she was found with child . lt> 

& ' Matt. 1. 18-2o. 

of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her hus- 
band, being just 1 and not willing to make her an exam- 
ple, 2 was minded to put her away privily But while 
he thought on these things behold ! the angel of the 
Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, 
thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy 
wife : for that which is begotten 3 in her is of the Holy 
Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt 
call his name JESUS ; for he shall save his people from 
their sins. (Now all this was done, that it might be 
fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, 
saying, Behold ! a virgin shall be with child, and shall 
bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emman- 
uel^ which being interpreted is, God with us.) Then 
Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the 
Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife : and 
knew her not till she had brought forth a son. 4 

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out 
a decree from Cassar Augustus, that all the 
world should be enrolled. 5 (This enrolment 6 
was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 
And all went, to be enrolled, 5 every one into his own 

l a just man. 2 a public example. 3 conceived. 

4 her firstborn son. 5 taxed 6 taxing 

a Isa. vii. 14. Behold ! a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son. and 
shall call his name Immanuel. 



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city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the 
city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, 
which is called Bethlehem ; (because he was of the 
house and lineage of David :) to be enrolled 1 with Mary 
his espoused, 2 being great with child. 

l taxed 2 espoused wife. 



CHAPTER III. 



our lord's genealogy. 

1. The official genealogy of Christ, being the genealogy 
of Joseph, as given by St. Matthew. 

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son 
of David, the son of Abraham. 

Abraham begat Isaac ; and Isaac begat Jacob ; and 
Jacob begat Judas and his brethren ; and Judas begat 
Phares and Zara of Thamar ; and Phares 
begat Esrom ; and Esrom begat Aram ; and 
Aram begat Aminadad ; and Aminadad begat Naasson ; 
and Naasson be^at Salmon ; and Salmon be^at Booz of 

© 7 o 

Rachab ; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth ; and Obecl begat 
Jesse ; and Jesse bea*at David the king- ; 

7 o O 7 

And David 1 begat Solomon of her that had been the 
wife of Urias ; and Solomon begat Roboam ; and Ro- 
boam begat Abia ; and Abia begat Asa ; and Asa begat 
Josaphat ; and Josaphat begat Joram ; and Joram begat 
Qzias ; and Ozias begat Joatham ; and Joatham begat 
Achaz ; and Achaz begat Ezekias ; and Ezekias begat 
Manasses ; and Manasses begat Amon ; and Amon begat 
Josias; and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, 
about the time they were carried away to Babylon : 

And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias 
begat Salathiel ; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel ; and 

1 David the king * 



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Zorobabel begat Abiud ; and Abiud begat Eliakim ; and 
Eliakim begat Azor ; and Azor begat Sadoc ; and Sadoc 
begat Achim ; and Achim begat Eliud ; and Eliud begat 
Eleazar ; and Eleazar begat Matthan ; and Matthan 
begat Jacob ; and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of 
Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 
So all the generations from Abraham to David are 
fourteen generations ; and from David until the carry- 
ing away into Babylon are fourteen generations ; and 
from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are 
fourteen generations. 

2. The genealogy through the Virgin Mary, as given by 
St. Luke. 

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years 
of age, being the son (as was supposed of Joseph), 1 of 
Heli, 2 of Matthat, of Levi; of Melchi, of 

Lk. iii. 23-38. , ' _ T ' . ' 

Janna, ol Joseph, of Mattathias, of Amos, 
of Naum, of Esli, of Nagge, of Maath, of Mattathias, 
of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda, of Joanna, of Rhesa, of 
Zorobabel, of Salathiel, of Neri, of Melchi, of Addi, 
of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er, of Jose, of Eliezer, of 
Jorim, of Matthat, of Levi, of Simeon, of Juda, of 
Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim, of Melea, of Menan, 
of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David, of Jesse, of Obed, of 
Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson, of Aminadad, (of Arnei, 

[Note. — Between Abraham and David the names in the two gene- 
alogies are the same]. 
1 being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph. 

2 In the authorized version the words "which was the son of " are 
prefixed to each name, but are not required by the Greek. 



our lord's genealogy. 



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of Admein), 1 of Esrom, of Phares, of Juda, of Jacob, 
of Isaac, of Abraham, of Thara, of Nachor, of Saruch, 
of Ragau, of Phalec, of Heber, of Sala, of Caiuan, of 
Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech, of Mathusala, 
of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan, of Enos, of 
Seth, of Adam, of God. 

1 of Aram, of Esrom 



CHAPTER IY. 



THE BIRTH AND INFANCY OF OUR LORD. 

And so it was, that, while they were at Bethlehem, 
the clays were accomplished that she should be delivered. 

And she brought forth her firstborn son, 
Mat" an( ^ wra PP ec ^ nmi m swaddling clothes, and 

laid him in a manger ; because there was 
no room for them in the inn. 

And there were in the same country shepherds abid- 
ing in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 
And 1 the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the 
glory of the Lord shone round about them : and they 
were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear 
not : for, behold ! I bring you good tidings of great joy, 
which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this 
day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the 
Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you ; Ye shall find 
the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, 2 in a manger. 
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of 
the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God 
in the highest, and on earth peace among men of good 
will ! 3 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone 
away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to 
another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see 
this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath 

1 And, lo ! 2 lying in 3 peace, good will toward men. 



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made known unto us. And they came with haste, and 
found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a man- 
ger. And when they had seen it, they made known 
abroad the saying which was told them concerning this 
child. And all they that heard wondered at those things 
which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary 
kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising 
God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as 
it was told unto them. 

And when eight days were accomplished for the cir- 
cumcising of him, 1 his name was called JESUS, which 
was so named of the angel before he was conceived in 
the womb. 

And when the days of their 2 purification according 
to the law of Moses a were accomplished, 

, , . -r -a Lk.ii. 22-38. 

they brought mm to Jerusalem, to present 
him to the Lord ; (As it is written in the law of the 
Lord, b Every male that openeth the womb shall be 
called holy to the Lord ;) and to offer a sacrifice accord- 
ing to that which is said in the law of the Lord, c A 
pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons. And, behold ! 
there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon ; 

l the child 2 of her purification 
a Lev. xii. 4-6. She shall then continue in the blood of her purifying 
three and thirty days and when the days of her purify iug are ful- 
filled See Gal. iv. 4. 

b Ex. xiii. 2. Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth 
the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is 
mine. See ver. 12, etc., xxxiv. 19; Num. iii. 12, 13; viii. 16, 17, etc. 

c Lev. xii. 8. If she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring 
two turtles, or two young pigeons. 



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and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the 
consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon 
him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, 
that he should not see death, before he had seen the 
Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the 
temple : and when the parents brought in the child 
Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, then 
took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and 
said, 

Lord ! now lettest thou thy servant depart 
In peace, according to thy word : 
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people ; 
A light to lighten the Gentiles, a 
And the glory of thy people Israel. 

And his father 1 and his mother marvelled at those 
things which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed 
them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold! this 
child is set for the fall and rising again of many in 
Israel ; and for a sign which shall be spoken against, 
(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) 
that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. 

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter 
of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser : she was of a great 
age, and had lived with an husband seven years from 
her virginity. And she was a widow of about fourscore 
and four years, which departed not from the temple, 
but served with fastings and prayers night and day. 

l And Joseph and his mother 
a See Isa. xlix. 6; Acts xiii. 47. 



THE BIRTH AND INFANCY OF OUR LORD. 17 



And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise 
unto God 1 and spake of him to all them that looked for 
the redemption of 2 Jerusalem. 

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judsea in 
the days of Herod the king, behold ! there 

J . Matt. ii. 1-12. 

came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 

saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews ? for 

we have seen his star a in the east, and are come to 

worship him. When Herod the king 3 heard these 

things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and 

scribes of the people together, he demanded of them 

wdiere Christ should be born. And they said unto him, 

In Bethlehem of Juclsea : for thus it is written by the 

prophet, b and thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art 

not the least among the princes of Juda : for out of 

thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people 

Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily called the 

wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the 

star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and 

said, Go and search diligently for the young child ; and 

when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I 

may come and worship him also. When they had heard 

the king, they departed ; and, lo ! the star, which they 

saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood 

l the Lord 2 for redemption in Jerusalem 3 had heard these things. 

a Num. xxiv. 17. There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre 
shall rise out of Israel. 

bMicah v. 2. Thou, Bethlehem Ephratah! (though thou be little 
among the thousands of Judah) yet out of thee shall he come forth unto 
me, that is to be Ruler in Israel 
2 



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over where the young child was. When they saw the 
star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when 
they were come into the house, they saw the young 
child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worship- 
ped him : and when they had opened their treasures, 
they presented unto him gifts ; gold, and frankincense, 
and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that 
they should not return to Herod, they departed into 
their own country another way. 

And when they were departed, behold ! the angel of 
the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, 
and take the youns; child and his mother, 

Matt. ii. 13-18. . ; to ' 

and nee into Egypt, and be thou there until 
I bring thee word : for Herod will seek the young child 
to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young 
child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: 
And was there until the death of Herod : that it might 
be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, 
saying, Out of Egypt have I called my Son. a 

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the 
wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew 
all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the 
coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according 
to the time which he had diligently enquired of the 
wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken 
by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a 
voice heard, 1 weeping, and great mourning: Rachel 



l lamentation and weeping, 
a Hos. xi. 1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called 
my son out cf Egypt. 



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weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, 
because they are not. a 

out when Herod was dead, behold ! an angel of the 
Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in 

. . . Matt. ii. 19-23. 

Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young 
child and his mother, and go into the land 
of Israel ; for they are dead which sought the young 
child's life. And he arose, and took the young child and 
his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when 
he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room 
of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: and 1 be- 
ing warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the 
parts of Galilee : And he came and dwelt in a city called 
Nazareth : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken 
by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. b 

And the child grew and waxed strong, 2 filled with 
wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. 

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the 
feast of the passover. And when he was 

_ _ _ „ n , Lk. ii. 41-52. 

twelve years old, they went up d after the 
custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the 
days, as they returned,, the child Jesus tarried behind in 
Jerusalem; and his parents 4 knew not of it. But they, 
supposing him to have been in the company, went a 
day's journey ; and they sought him among kinsfolk and 

1 notwithstanding. 2 strong in spirit 3 up to Jerusalem 

4 and Joseph and his mother knew not. 

a Jer. xxxi. 15. A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter 
weeping; Rachel, weeping for her children, refused to be comforted 
for her children, because they were not. 

b See Isa. liii. 1, 2, etc. 



20 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 

acquaintance. And when they found him not, they 
turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 

And it came to pass, that after three days they found 
him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, 
both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all 
that heard him were astonished at his understanding and 
answers. And when they saw him^ they were amazed : 
and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus 
dealt with us ? behold ! thy father and I have sought 
thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that 
ye sought me ? wist ye not that I must be about my 
Father's business? And they understood not the saying 
which he spake unto them. And he went down with 
them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them ; 
but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in 
favor with God and man. 



CHAPTER V. 



THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, AND THE 
BAPTISM OF OUR LORD. 

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius 
Caesar, (Pontius Pilate being governor of 

. _ _ y~t ~ii * , * ^ Matt iii. 1-12. 

Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Gali- Mar j 
lee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea ^k. m - i- 18 - 
and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the 
tetrarch of Abilene, Annas being the high priest, and 
Caiaphas, 1 ) the word of God came unto John the son of 
Zacharias in the wilderness of Judaea. 

And he came into all the country about the Jordan, 
preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission 
of sins, and saying, Repent ye : for the kingdom of 
heaven is at hand ! For this is he that was spoken of 
by the prophet Esaias, 2 Behold ! I send my messenger 
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way. a3 The 
voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the 
way of the Lord ! make his paths straight ! Every 
valley shall' be filled, and every mountain and hill shall 
be brought low ; and the crooked shall be made straight, 
and the rough ways made smooth ; and all flesh shall 

1 Annas and Caiaphas being the high-priests. 2 Esaias, saying, 

3 thy way before thee. 

a Mai. iii. 1. Behold ! I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare 
the way before me. 



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see the salvation of God. a And the same John had his 
raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his 
loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 

Then went out to him Jerusalem and all the land of 
Judsea, and all the region round about Jordan, and were 
baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees 
come to the 1 baptism, he said to the multitude, 0 gen- 
eration of vipers ! who hath warned you to flee from 
the wrath to come ? Bring forth therefore fruits worthy 
of repentance, and think not to say within yourselves, 
We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, 
that God is able of these stones to raise up children 
unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the 
root of the trees ; every tree therefore which bringeth 
not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the 
fire. 

And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do 
then ? He answereth and saith unto them, He that 
hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; 
and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. Then came 
also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, 
what shall we do ? And he said unto them, Exact no 
more than that which is appointed you. And the 
soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying," And what 

1 to his baptism 

a Isa. xl. 3. The voice of him thaf crieth in the wilderness, Prepare 
ye the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our 
God ! Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain aud hill shall 
be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough 
pjaces plain : and the glory of the Loud shall be revealed, and all flesh 
shall see it together. See Acts xiii. 24; xix. 4. 



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shall we do ? And he said unto them, Do violence to 
no man, accuse none 1 falsely; and be content with your 
wages. 

And as the people were in expectation, and all men 
mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the 
Christ, or not; John answered, saying unto all, I indeed 
baptize you with water unto repentance ; but One 
mightier than I cometh after me, the latchet of whose 
shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose : he 
shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. 
Whose fan is in his hand, to 2 throughly purge his floor, 
and to gather his wheat into the garner; but he will 
burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. And many 
other things in his exhortation preached he unto the 
people. 

And it came to pass in those days, when all the people 
were baptized, that Jesus came from ]Naz- , . ... 10 

1 Matt. in. 18-1/ . 

areth of Galilee to Jordan unto John, to Mar. i. 9-n. 
be baptized of John. But he 3 forbad him, Lk - m ' 21 " 23 * 
saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest 
thou to me ? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer 
it to be so now : for thus it becometh us to fulfil all 
righteousness. Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when 
he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water, 
and prayed; and, lo ! the heavens were opened, 4 and 
the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove 
upon him, and a voice came from heaven, saying, Thou 
art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well pleased. 

1 neither accuse any falsely. 

2 and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather 

3 but John forbad 4 were opened unto him 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE TEMPTATION, AND EVENTS UNTIL OUR LORD'S 
FIRST PASSOVER. 

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned 

from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into 
Matt. iv. 1-11. 5 . 

Mar. i. 12,13. the wilderness. And he was in 1 the wil- 
Lk. iv. 1-13. derness forty days, tempted of Satan : and 
was with the wild bea'sts-. And when he had fasted 
forty days' and forty nights, he was afterward an hun- 
gered. And when the tempter came to him, he said. If 
thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be 
made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, 11 
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word 
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 

Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, to 
Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and 
said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself 
down from hence. For it is written, 13 He shall give his 
angels charge over thee, to keep thee : and in their 
hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash 
thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is writ- 
ten again, 0 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 

l was there in the wilderness. 

a Deut. viii. 3. Man doth not live by bread only, but by every word 
that proceedeth cut of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. 

b Ps. xci. 11. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep 
thee in all thy ways 

c Deut. vi. 16. Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God. 



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Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding 
high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the 
world, and the glory of them, in a moment of time. And 
the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, 
and the glory of them : for that is delivered unto me, 
and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore 
wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus an- 
swered and said unto him, Get thee hence, Satan : for it 
is written, a Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and 
him only shalt thou serve. And when the devil had 
ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a 
season. And, behold ! angels came and ministered unto 
him. 

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent 
priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask 
him. Who art thou ? And he confessed, and 
denied not ; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And 
they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias ? x He 
saitli, I am not. Art thou that b prophet? And he 
answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art 
thou ? that we may give an answer to them that sent 
us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the 
voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the 
way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. c And 
they 2 were sent of the Pharisees. And they asked 
him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if 

l And he saith 2 they which were sent were 

a Deut. vi. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and 
shalt swear by his name. Cf. x. 20. 
b Cf. Lk. i. 17; Matt. xi. 14; xvii. 11-13. c Isa. xl. 3. 



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thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? 
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water : but 
there standeth one among you, whom ye know not ; who 
cometh after me, 1 whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy 
to unlose. a These things were done in Bethany 2 beyond 
Jordan, were John was baptizing. 

The next day he 3 seeth Jesus coming unto him, and 
saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the 
sin of the world ! This is he of whom I said, After me 
cometh a man which is preferred before me : for he was 
before me. And I knew him not ; but that he should 
be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptiz- 
ing with water. And John bare record, saying, I saw 
the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it 
abode upon him. And I knew him not : but he that 
sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, 
Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and 
remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with 
the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this 
is the Son of God. 

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his 
disciples ; and looking upon Jesus as he 

Jno.i. 85-42. 1 & r 

walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God ! 
The 4 two disciples heard him speak, and they followed 
Jesus. 

Jesus 5 turned, and saw them following, and saith unto 
them, "What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, 

1 He it is, who coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoe's 

2 Bethabara s John 4 And the two 5 Then Jesus 

a Cf. Acts xiii. 25. 



INTERVIEW WITH NATHANAEL. 



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(which is to say, being interpreted, Master), where 
dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come, and ye shall 
see. 1 They came, therefore 2 and saw where he dwelt, 
and abode with him that day : it 3 was about the tenth 
hour. One of the two which heard John speak, and 
followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He 
first flndeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, 
We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, 
Christ. 4 He 5 brought him to Jesus. When 6 Jesus be- 
held him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of John: 7 
thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, 
A stone. 

The day following he 8 would go forth into Galilee, 
and flndeth Philip, and Jesus 9 saith unto 

r . . Jno. i. 43-51. 

him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Beth- 
saida, the city of Andrew and Peter. I^iilip flndeth 
Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of 
whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did write, 
Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. Nathanael 10 said 
unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazar- 
eth ? Philip saith unto him, Come and see ! Jesus saw 
Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an 
Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile ! Nathanael saith 
unto him, Whence knowest thou me ? Jesus answered 
and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when 
thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael 
answered him, 11 Rabbi ! thou art the Son of God ; thou 

l Come and see 2 came and saw 3 for it was 

4 the Christ 5 And he brought (J And when 

7 Jona 8 Jesus would go 9 and saith unto him. 

10 And Nathanael n answered and saith unto him 



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art the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said unto 
him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig 
tree, believest thou ? thou shalt see greater things than 
these. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, 1 ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God 
ascending and descending upon the Son of Man. 

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of 
mm Galilee ; and the mother of Jesus was there : 

and both Jesus was called, and his disciples, 
to the marriage. And 2 they had no wine, because the 
wine of the marriage was finished. Then the mother 
of Jesus saith unto him, There 3 is no wine. Jesus saith 
unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee ? mine 
hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the ser- 
vants. Whatsoever he saith unto you, do. And there 
were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner 
of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three 
firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots 
with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 
And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto 
the governor of the feast. And they bare it. When 
the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was 
made wine, and knew not whence it was : (but the 
servants which drew the water knew ;) the governor of 
the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, 
Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine ; 
and when men have well drunk, 4 that which is worse ; 
but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This 

1 hereafter ye shall see 

2 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith 

3 They have no wine 4 then that which 



EVENTS UNTIL THE LORD'S FIRST PASSOVER. 29 

beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and 
manifested forth his glory ; and his disciples believed on 
him. 

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his 
mother, and his brethren, and his disciples : and they 
continued there not many days. 



CHAPTER VII. 



OUR LORD'S FIRST PASSOVER, AND EVENTS UNTIL THE 
CALL OF THE FIRST APOSTLES. 

And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went 
up to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold 
oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers 

Jno. ii. 13-25. _ . . . , ' , . , , 

of money sitting : And wnen he had made 
a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the 
temple, and the sheep, and the oxen ; and poured out the 
changer's money, and overthrew the tables ; and said 
unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence ! 
make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. 
His 1 disciples remembered that it was written, 3. The zeal 
of thine house eateth me up. 2 

Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What 
sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these 
things ? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy 
this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then 
said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in 
building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days ? But 
he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore 
he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered 
that he had said this ; 3 and they believed the scripture, 
and the word which Jesus had said. 

l And his disciples 2 hath eaten 3 had said this unto them, 
a Ps. lxix 9. The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. 
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OUR LORD'S FIRST PASSOVER. 



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Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in 
the feast day, many believed in his name, when they 
saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not com- 
mit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and 
needed not that any should testify of man ; for he knew 
what was in man. 

There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, 
a ruler of the Jews : The same came to ^ — 1 21 
him 1 by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, 
we know that thou art a teacher come from God : for 
no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except 
God be with him. 

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I 
say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot 
see the kingdom of God. 

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born 
when he is old ? can he enter the second time into his 
mothers womb, and be born ? Jesus answered, Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water 
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of 
God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that 
which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that 
I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind 
bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound 
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither 
it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can 
these things be ? 

Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master 



1 came to Jesus 



32 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

of Israel, and knowest not these things ? Verily, verily, 
I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify 
that we have seen ; and ye receive not our witness. If 
I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how 
shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things ? And 
no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came 
down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in 
heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wil- 
derness, 41 even so must the Son of man be lifted up : 
that whosoever believeth in him 1 should have eternal 
life. For God so loved the world, that he gave the 2 
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God 
sent not the 2 Son into the world to condemn the world ; 
but that the world through him might be saved. He that 
believeth on him is not condemned: 3 he that believeth 
not is condemned already, because he hath not believed 
in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this 
is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, 
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their 
deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth 
the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds 
should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to 
the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that 
they are wrought in God. 

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into 
the land of Judsea ; and there he tarried w T ith them and 
baptized. And John also was baptizing in JEnon near 
to Salim, because there was much water there: and 
l should not perish, but have 2 his 3 but he that believeth 
a See Num. xxi. 8, 9. 



OUR LORD'S FIRST PASSOVER. 



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they came, and were baptized. For John was not yet 
cast into prison. 

Then there arose a question between some of John's 
disciples and a Jew 1 about purifying. And 

-r , . , Jno.iii. 22-36. 

they came unto John, and said unto him, 
Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom 
thou barest witness, behold ! the same baptizeth, and all 
men come to him. John answered and said, A man can 
receive nothing exceept it be given him from heaven. 
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the 
Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that hath 
the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bride- 
groom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly 
because of the bridegroom's voice : this my joy there- 
fore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. 
He that cometh from above is above all : he that is of 
the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth : he that 
cometh from heaven testifleth 2 what he hath seen and 
heard, and no man receiveth his testimony. He that 
hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that 
God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the 
words of God : for he 3 giveth not the Spirit by measure 
unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given 
all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son 
hath everlasting life : he 4 that believeth not the Son 
shall not see life ; but the wrath of God abideth on him. 
But Herod the tetrarch sent forth and laid hold on 

1 the Jews 

2 he that cometh from heaven is above all. And what he hath seen 
and heard, that he testineth; and no man 

3 God giveth 4 and he 



34 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

John, and bound him in prison, being reproved by him 
tit ++ » q c for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife, 

JxLatt). XIV. o—Q. 

Mar. iv.17-20. for he had married her ; and for all the evils 
Lk. iii. 19, 20. which Herod had done> For John had gaid 

unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy broth- 
er's wife. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against 
him, and would have killed him ; but she could not : for 
Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and 
an holy, and observed him ; and when he heard him, he 
hesitated much, 1 and heard him gladly. Yet [he~\ added 
this above all, that he shut up John in prison. And 
when he would have put him to death, he feared the 
multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. 

When therefore Jesus had heard that John was cast 
Matt iv 1° * n ^° P r ^ son > \_ an d~\ knew how the Pharisees 
Mar. i. 14. had heard that Jesus made and baptized a 
Lk. iv. 14. more disciples than John, (though Jesus 
Jno. iv. 1-3. k^ggif baptized not, but his disciples,) he 
left Judaea, and returned in the power of the Spirit into 
Galilee. 

And he must needs go through Samaria. Then cometh 
he to a city of Samaria, which is called 

Jno. iv. 4-42. * 

Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that 
Jacob gave to his son Joseph. b Now Jacob's well was 
there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, 
sat thus on the well : and it was about the sixth hour. 

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water : 
Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his dis- 



l did many things 

a See Jno. iii. 22-26. b See Gen. xlviii. 22; Josh. xvii. 14-18; xxiv. 82. 



THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA. 



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ciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 
Saith 1 the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that 
thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a 
woman of Samaria ? 2 

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest 
the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me 
to drink ; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he 
would have given thee living water. The woman saith 
unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the 
well is deep : from whence then hast thou that living 
water ? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which 
gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his 
children, and his cattle ? 

Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh 
of this water shall thirst again ; but whosoever drinketh 
of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst ; but 
the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of 
water springing up into everlasting life. The woman 
saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, 
neither come hither to draw. 

He 3 saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come 
hither. The woman answered and said, I have no 
husband. 

Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no 
husband : for thou hast had five husbands ; and he 
whom thou now hast is not thy husband : in that saidst 
thou truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive 
that thou art a prophet. Oar fathers worshipped in this 

1 Then saith 

2 a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Sama- 
ritans. 3 Jesus saith 



36 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

mountain ; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place 
where men ought to worship. 

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour 
cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet 
at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know 
not what : we know what we worship : for salvation is 
of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when 
the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit 
and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship 
him. God is a spirit ; and they that worship 1 must 
worship in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto 
him, I know that Messias cometh, (which is called 
Christ :) when he is come, he will tell us all things. 

Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am He. 
And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he 
talked with the woman : yet no man said, What seekest 
thou ? or, Why talkest thou with her ? The woman 
then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, 
and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me 
all things that ever I did : is not this the Christ ? They 2 
went out of the city, and came unto him. 

In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, 
Master, eat. But he said unto them, I have meat to eat 
that ye know not of. Therefore said the disciples one 
to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat ? 
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him 
that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye, There 
are four months, and then cometh harvest ? behold ! I 
say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; 



1 they that worship him must worship him 



2 Then they went 



RETURN TO GALILEE. 



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for they are white to harvest. Already 1 he that reapeth 

receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal ; 

that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may 

rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One 

soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that 

whereon ye bestowed no labor : other men labored, and 

ye are entered into their labors. 

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on 

him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He 

told me all that ever I did. So when the Samaritans 

were come unto him, they besought him that he would 

tarry with them : and he abode there two days. And 

many more believed because of his own word ; and said 

unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy 

saying : for we have heard him ourselves, and know that 

this is indeed 2 the Saviour of the world. 

(Now after two days when Jesus had heard that John 

was cast into prison, he returned in the , r .. . 

1 m t t ' m Matt. iv. 12. 

power of the Spirit into Galilee). For Jesus Mar. i. 14, 15. 
himself testified,* that a prophet hath no Lk - iv - 14» 15. 
honor in his own country. And there went J 110 - 1 ^ 43 " 40 - 
out a fame of him through all the region round about. 

Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilseans 
received him, having seen all the things that he did at 
Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the 
feast. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified 
of all, preaching the gospel 3 of God : 4 The time is ful- 

1 they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth 

2 is indeed the Christ, the Saviour 3 of the kingdom of God 
4 and saying, the time is 

a Matt. xiii. 57; Mar. vi. 4; Lk. iv. 24. 



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filled, and the kingdom of God is at hand ! repent ye, 
and believe the gospel. 

So he 1 came again into Cana of Galilee, where he 
made the water wine. a 

And there was a certain nobleman whose son was 
sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was 

J 46-54 come out °^ J u( ^ Eea Galilee, he went 

unto him, and besought him that he would 

come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point 

of death. Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see 

signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman 

saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus 

saith unto him, Go thy way ; thy son liveth. 2 The man 

believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and 

he went his way. And as he was now going down, 

the 3 servants met him, and told him, that his 4 son liveth. 

Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to 

amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the 

seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew 

that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said 

unto him, Thy son liveth : and himself believed, and his 

whole house. This is again the second miracle that 

Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. 

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought 

up ; and, as his custom was, he went into 
Lk. iv. 16-80. / 

the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood 

up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the 

book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened 

1 So Jesus came 2 And the man 3 his servants 

4 told him, saying, thy son 

a Chap. ii. 1-11. 



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the book, he found the place where it was written, 
a The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath 
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath 
sent me 1 to preach deliverance to the captives, and re- 
covering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them 
that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the 
Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to 
the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them 
that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 

And he began to say unto them, This day is this scrip- 
ture fulfilled in your ears. And all bare him witness, 
and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded 
out of his mouth. And they said. Is not this Joseph's 
son ? And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto 
me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself : whatsoever 
w r e have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy 
country. And he said, Yerily I say unto you, No 
prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell you 
of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of 
Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and 
six months, b when great famine was throughout all the 
land ; but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto 
Sarepta, 0 of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. 
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eiiseus 

l hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach 
a Isa. lxi. 1, 2 (Comp. lviii. 6). The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; 
because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidiugs unto the 
meek: he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim 
liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are 
bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. 
b 1 Kings xvii. 1. 
c 1 Kings xvii. 9. 



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the prophet ; and none of. them was cleansed, saving 
a Naaman the Syrian. And all they in the synagogue, 
when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 
and rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him 
unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, 
that they might cast him down headlong. But he pass- 
ing through the midst of them went his way. b 

And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Caper- 
naum, a city of Galilee, which is upon the 
Matt. iv. 13-16. gea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and 

Lk. iv. 31. ' 

Nephthalim ; that it might be fulfilled which 

was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, c The land 

of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, (by the way of 

the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles ; ) the 

people which sat in darkness saw great light : and to 

them which sat in the region and shadow of death, light 

is sprung up. 

a 2 Kings v. 

b Comp. Jno. viii. 59; x. 39. 

c Issl. ix. 1, 2. Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in 
her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulon 
and the land of Naphtali, and afterwards did more grievously afflict her 
by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. The 
people that walked in darkness — have seen a great light : they that 
dwell in the land of the shadow of death — upon them hath the light 
shined. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



FROM THE CALL OF THE FIRST APOSTLES TO OUR 
lord's SECOND PASSOYER. 

And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon 
him to hear the word of God, he stood by Matt . lg 22 
the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships Mar. i. 16-20. 
standing by the lake : but the fishermen Lk " v ' 
were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 
And he entered into one of the ships, which was 
Simon's, 3, and prayed him that he would thrust out a 
little from the land. And he sat down in the ship, 1 
and taught the people. 

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, 
Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for 
a draught. And Simon answering said, 2 Master, we 
have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing : 
nevertheless at thy word I will let down the nets. 3 And 
when they had this done, they inclosed a great multi- 
tude of fishes : and their nets were breaking. 4 And they 
beckoned unto their partners 5 in the other ship, that 
they should come and help them. And they came, and 
filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When 

1 he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship 

2 said unto him 3 net 4 their net brake 5 which were in the 

a Jno. i. 40-44. 

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42 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 



Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, say- 
ing, Depart from me ; for I am a sinful man, O Lord ! 
For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at 
the draught of the fishes which they had taken : and so 
was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which 
were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, 
Fear not ; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. 

And 1 walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two 
brethren, Simon called Peter, a and Andrew his brother, 
casting a net into the sea : for they were fishers. And 
he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you 
fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, 
and followed him. And when he had gone a little farther 
on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son 
of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee 
their father, mending their nets ; and straightway he 
called them. And they immediately left their father 
Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went 
after him. 

And they went into Capernaum ; and straightway on 
the sabbath day he taught in 2 the syna- 

Mar i 21-28 

ri. ' o-, or SfO^ue. And they were astonished at his 

Lk. iv. 31-87. & ° J 

doctrine : for he taught them as one that 
had authority, and not as the scribes ; for his word was 
with power. 

And straightway 3 there was in their synagogue a man, 
which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out 
with a loud voice, saying, Let us alone ; what have we 

1 And Jesus, walking saw 

2 be entered into the synagogue and taught 3 omit straightway. 



THE HEALING OF SIMON'S WIFE'S MOTHER. 43 



to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to 
destroy us ? I know thee who thou art, the Holy Oue 
of God! And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy 
peace, and come out of him. And when the unclean 
spirit had torn him, and thrown him in the midst, [and'] 
cried with a loud voice, he came out of him, and hurt 
him not. And they were all amazed, and spake among 
themselves, saying, What is this ? 1 a new doctrine with 
authority ! for with authority and power he commandeth 
even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him, and 
come out ! And immediately his fame spread abroad 
everywhere 2 throughout all the region round about 
Galilee. 

And forthwith, when they were come out of the syna- 
gogue, they entered into the house of Si- , r 

° o 7 J Matt. vm. 14-17. 

mon and Andrew, with James and John. Mar. i. 29-84. 
But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a Lk * lv ' S8_41 ' 
fever, and anon they tell him of her. And he came 
and stood over her, and rebuked the fever ; and took 
her by the hand, and lifted her up ; and 3 the fever left her ; 
and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. 

And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto 
him all that were diseased, and them that were pos- 
sessed with devils. And all the city was gathered 
together at the door. And he laid his hands on every 
one of them, and healed them. That it might be ful- 
filled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, a 

1 What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority 
commandeth he even. 

2 omit everywhere 3 and immediately the fever 

a Isa. liii. 4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows 



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Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. 
And he cast out the spirits with his word, and [they'] 
came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art 1 
the Son of God ! And he rebuking them suffered them 
not to speak : for they knew that he was Christ. 

And in the morning, rising up a great while before 
,r ^ • no o a day? ne went out, and departed into 

Matt iv. 23, vm. 2-4. J ' 7 r 

Mar. i. 35-45. a solitary place, and there prayed. And 

Lk. iv. 42-44,v. 12-18. people sought him, and came unto 
him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from 
them. And Simon and they that were with him fol- 
lowed after him. And when they had found him, they 
said unto him, All seek for thee. And he said unto 
them, Let us go elsewhere 2 into the next towns ; I must 
preach the kingdom of God to other cities also : for 
therefore was 3 I sent. 

And he 4 went about all Galilee, teaching in their syn- 
agogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and 
healing all manner of sickness and all manner of dis- 
ease among the people, and cast out devils. 

And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, 
behold a man full of leprosy : who seeing Jesus fell on 
his face, and worshipped him, and besought him, saying, 
Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And he, 5 
moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched 
him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately 6 
the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. 
And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him 

l Thou art Christ, the Son 2 omit elsewhere 3 am I sent 

4 and Jesus went 5 and Jesus, moved 

6 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately 



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away ; and saitli unto him, See thou say nothing to any 
man : but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and 
offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses com- 
manded, for a testimony unto them. a But he went out, 
and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the 
matter : and great multitudes came together to hear, and 
to be healed 1 of their infirmities, insomuch that Jesus 
could no more openly enter into the city. 

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and 
prayed : and they came to him from every quarter. 

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was 
teaching, that there were Pharisees and . ^ Q 

Matt. ix. 1-8. 

doctors of the law sitting by, which were Mar. ii. 1-12. 
come out of every town of Galilee, and Lk ' v * 1 '~ 26, 
Judaea, and Jerusalem : and the power of the Lord was 
present to heal. 2 

And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and 
came into his own city, Capernaum, after some days ; and 
it was noised that he was in the house. And 3 many were 
gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to 
receive them, no, not so much as about the door : and 
he preached the word unto them. And they come unto 
him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne 
on a bed, of four. And when they could not find by 
what way they might bring him in because of the mul- 
titude, they went upon the housetop, and when they had 
broken it up, they let him down through the tiling with 
his couch into the midst before Jesus. And when he 

i to be healed by him 2 to heal them 3 and straightway many 
a Lev. xiv. 2. etc. This shall be the law of the leper in the day cf hid 
cleansing; he shall be brought unto the priest. Cf. Lk. xvii. 1L. 



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saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy ; Son, 
be of good cheer ; thy sins be forgiven thee. But there 
were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning 
in their hearts, saying, Who is this which speaketh 
blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? 
And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that 
they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, 
Why reason ye these things in your hearts ? Whether 
is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be 
forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, 
and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of man 
hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the 
sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up 
thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. And imme- 
diately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon 
he lay, and went forth before them all, and departed to 
his own house, glorifying God. And they were all 
amazed, and they glorified God, which had given such 
power unto men ; and were filled with fear, saying, W e 
never saw it on this fashion ! — we have seen strange 
things to day ! 

And after these things he went forth again to 1 the sea ; 
Matt ix 9 anc * a ^ tne multitude resorted unto him, and 
Mar. ii. 13-17. he taught them. And as he passed by, he 
Lk. v. 27-32. saw a publican, named Levi (Matthew), the 
son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom : and he 
said unto him, Follow me. And he left all. rose up, and 
followed him. 

And Levi made him a great feast in his own house : 

l by the sea side. 



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and there was a great company of publicans and sinners 
and of others that sat down together with Jesus and his 
disciples. But the Pharisees and 1 their scribes mur- 
mured against his disciples, saying, Why clo ye eat and 
drink with publicans and sinners ? When Jesus heard 
it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need 
of the physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and 
learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not 
sacrifice : a for I came not to call the righteous, but sin- 
ners to repentance. 

And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were 
fasting : 2 and they come and say unto him, Matt ix ^ 17 
Why do the disciples of John and the dis- Mar. ii 18-22. 
ciples 3 of the Pharisees fast often, and Lk ' v * 33 ~ 39, 
make prayers, but thy disciples fast not ? And Jesus 
said unto them, Can the children of the bridecham- 
ber fast, while the bridegroom is with them ? as long 
as they have the bridegroom 4 they cannot fast. But 
the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be 
taken away from them, and then shall they fast in 
those days. 

And he spake also a parable unto them ; No man 
also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment : 
else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the 
old, and the rent is made worse. And no man putteth 
new wine into old bottles : else the new wine will burst 

1 But their scribes and Pharisees 

2 of John and of the Pharisees used to fast 3 omit the disciples 
4 have the bridegroom with them 

a Hos. vi. 6. For I desired mercy ; and not sacrifice. Cf. Matt. xii. 7. 



48 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. 
But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both 
are preserved. No man also having drunk old wine 1 
desireth new : for he saith, the old is good. 2 



l straightway desireth 



2 the old is better 



CHAPTER IX. 



OUR LORD'S SECOND PASSOVER, AND EVENTS UNTIL 
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 

After this there was the 1 feast of the Jews ; and Jesus 
went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by 
the sheep market a pool, which is called in" ^ ^ 
the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five 
porches. In these lay a 2 multitude of impotent folk, of 
blind, halt, withered. 3 And a certain man was there, 
which had his 4 infirmity thirty and eight years. When 
Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a 
long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be 
made whole ? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I 
have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into 
the pool : but while I am coming, another steppeth down 
before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, 
and walk. And 5 the man was made whole, and took 
up his bed, and walked : and on the same day was the 
Sabbath. 

The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It 

1 a feast 

2 a great multitude 

3 halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel 
went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: 
whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was 
made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 

4 an infirmity 

5 And immediately the man 

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50 THE EVANGELISTS* LIFE OP OUR LORD. 



is the Sabbath day, and 1 it is not lawful for thee to carry 
thy bed. He answered them, He that made me whole, 
the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. 
They 2 asked him, What man is that which said unto 
thee, Take up, 3 and walk ? And he that was sick 4 wist 
not who it was : for Jesus had conveyed himself away, 
a multitude being in that place. Afterward Jesus find- 
eth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold ! thou 
art made whole ; sin no more, lest a worse thing come 
unto thee. *The man departed, and told the Jews that 
it was Jesus, which had made him whole. And there- 
fore did the Jews persecute Jesus, 5 because he did 6 these 
things on the Sabbath day. 

But he 7 answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, 
and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to 
kill him, because he not only had broken the Sabbath, 
but said also that God was his own 8 Father, making 
himself equal with God. 

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of him- 
self, but what he seeth the Father do : for what things 
soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For 
the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things 
that himself doeth : and he will shew him greater works 
than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father 
raise th up and quickeneth the dead, even so the Son 
quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judge th no 

l omit and 2 Then asked they him 

3 Take up thy bed, and walk 4 he that was healed 

5 persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, 6 he had done these things 

7 But Jesus answered 8 omit own 



THE HONOR DUE THE SON. 51 

man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son : 
That all should honor the Son, even as they honor the 
Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not 
the Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, He that heareth my word, and believe th on 
him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not 
come into condemnation ; but is passed from death unto 
life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, the hour is coming, 
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the 
Son of God : and they that hear shall live. For as the 
Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son 
to have life in himself ; and hath given him authority to 
execute judgment, 1 because he is the Son of man. 
Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which 
all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall 
come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resur- 
rection of life ; 2 they that have done evil, unto the 
resurrection of damnation. I can of mine own self do 
nothing : as I hear, I judge : and my judgment is just ; 
because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him 3 
which hath sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my 
witness is not true. There is Another that beareth 
witness of me ; and ye 4 know that the witness which 
he witnesseth of me is true. 

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the 
truth. But I receive not testimony from man : but these 
things I say, that ye might be saved. He was a burn- 
ing and a shining light : and ye were willing for a season 



l also, because 

3 the will of the Father 



2 and they that have 
4 and I know 



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to rejoice in his light. But I have greater witness than 
that of John : for the works which the Father hath 
given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear wit- 
ness of me, that the Father hath sent me. And the 
Father which hath sent me, he 1 hath borne witness of 
me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor 
seen his shape. And ye have not his word abiding in 
you : for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. Search 
the scriptures ; for in them ye think ye have eternal 
life : and they are they which testify of me. And ye 
will not come to me, that ye might have life. I receive 
not honor from men. But I know you, that ye have 
not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father's 
name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in 
his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, 
which receive honor one of another, and seek not the 
honor that cometh from God only ? Do not think that 
I will accuse you to the Father ; there is one that 
accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had 
ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me : for he 
wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how 
shall ye believe my words ? 

And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after the 
Matt xii 1-8 ^ rst ' ^ la ^ ne wen ^ through the corn fields ; 
Mar. ii. 23-28. and his disciples were an hungred, and began, 
Lk. vi. 1-5. ag t | ie y went? £ 0 pi uc k the ears and did eat, 

rubbing them in their hands. And certain of the 
Pharisees said unto him, Behold ! why do they on the 
Sabbath day that which is not lawful ? And he saith 2 
1 the Father himself which hath sent me, hath % said 



HEALING OF THE WITHERED HAND. 



53 



unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when 

lie had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were 
with him? How he went into the house of God a in 
the days of Abiathar, the high priest, and did take and 
eat the shewbread, b and gave also to them that were with 
him ; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests 
alone ? c Or have ye not read in the law, how that on 
the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the 
Sabbath, d and are blameless ? But I say unto you, That 
in this place is one greater than the temple. 6 But if 
ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, 
and not sacrifice/ ye would not have condemned the 
guiltless. And he said unto them, The Sabbath was 
made for man, and not man for the Sabbath : Therefore 
the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath. 

And when he was departed thence, it came to pass 1 on 
another Sabbath, that he entered into the Matt x .. 914 
synagogue and taught : and there was a man Mar. m. 1-6. 
whose right hand was withered. And the Lk " V1 ' 6 ~ 11, 
scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would 
heal him on the Sabbath day ; that they might accuse 
him. But he knew their thoughts. And they asked 
him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath days? 
And he said unto them, What man shall there be am on a" 
you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit 
on the Sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it 
out ? How much then is a man better than a sheep ! 

i came to pass also 
a 1 Sam. xxi. 3-6. b Lev. xxiv. 5, 6. c lb. 9. 

d Num. xxviii. 9, 10. Of. Jno. vii. 22. e 2 Chron. vi. 18. 

f Hos. vi. 6. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice. 



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Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days. 
And he saith unto the man which had the withered 
hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he 
arose and stood forth. And he saith unto them, Is it 
lawful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil ? to 
save life, or to kill ? But they held their peace. And 
when he had looked round about on them with anger, 
being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith 
unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched 
it out: and his hand was restored whole like as the 
other. 

Then the Pharisees were filled with madness ; and 
went forth, and straightway held a council against him, 
[and'] took counsel with the Herodians against him, how 
they might destroy him. 

But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from 
thence with his disciples to the sea. And a great com- 
pany 1 of his disciples, and a great multitude of people 

. . 1C 01 from Galilee and from Decapolis followed 

Matt. xii. 15-31; r 

vi. 24, 25. him, and out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, 
Mar. m.7-12. ail( ] from Idumsea, and from beyond Jor- 

Lk. vi. 17-19. 1 J 

dan ; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a 
great multitude, hearing 2 what great things he did, came 
unto him. And he healed them all ; and his fame went 
throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick 
people that were taken with divers diseases and tor- 
ments, and those which were possessed with devils, and 
those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy. 



1 and the company of his disciples 

2 a great multitude, when they had heard what great things 



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And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should 
wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should 
throng him. For he had healed many ; insomuch that 
they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had 
plagues ; for there went virtue out of him, and healed 
them all. And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell 
down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son 
of God ! And he straitly charged them that they should 
not make him known: that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, a Behold my 
servant, whom I have chosen ; my beloved, in whom my 
soul is well pleased : I will put my spirit upon him, and 
he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not 
strive, nor cry ; neither shall any man hear his voice in 
the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and 
smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth 
judgment unto victory. 'And in his name shall the 
Gentiles trust. 

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out 
into a mountain to pray, and continued all Matt x 2 4 
night in prayer to God. Mar. m.13-19. 

And when it was day, he called his dis- Lk - V1 « 12 - 1 '- 

ciples, whom he would : and they came unto him. And 

he ordained twelve, whom also he named apostles, 

that they should be with him, and that he might send 

a Isa. xlii. 1-4. Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in 
whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him: he shall 
bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor 
cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not 
break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth 
judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have 
set judgment in the earth : and the isles shall wait for his law. 



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them forth to preach, and to have power to 1 cast out 
devils. 

And he appointed the 2 twelve, and Simon he sur- 
named Peter ; and James the son of Zebedee, and John 
the brother of James ; and he surnamed them Boanerges, 
which is, The sons of thunder : and Andrew, and Philip, 
and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James 
the son of Alphseus, and Thaddasus, (Lebbaeus, Judas 
the brother of James), and Simon the Cananite, 3 and 
Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 

And he came down with them, and stood in the plain. 

1 power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out 

2 omit And he appointed the twelve, 3 Canaanite 



CHAPTER X. 



THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a moun- 
tain : and when he was set, his disciples Matt y 124 
came unto him : and he lifted up his eyes Lk. vi. 20-26. 
on [them] and opened his mouth, and XV1 - 1< - 
taught them, saying, 

Blessed the poor in spirit ! for their's is the kingdom 
of heaven. Blessed ye that hunger now ! for ye shall 
be filled. Blessed they that mourn ! for they shall be 
comforted. Blessed" the meek ! for they shall inherit 
the earth. Blessed they which do hunger and thirst 
after righteousness ! for they shall be filled. Blessed the 
merciful ! for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed the pure 
in heart ! for they shall see God. Blessed the peace- 
makers ! for they shall be called the children of God. 
Blessed they which are persecuted for righteousness' 
sake ! for their's is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed 
are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall 
separate you from their company, and shall reproach 
you, and cast out your name as evil, and persecute you, 
and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for 
the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and 
leap for joy ! for, behold, your reward is great in heaven : 
for in the like manner did their fathers unto the proph- 

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ets. But woe unto you that are rich ! for ye have re* 
ceived your consolation. Woe unto you that are full 
now ! 1 for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh 
now ! for ye shall mourn and weep. Woe, 2 when all 
men shall speak well of you ! for so did their fathers to 
the false prophets. 

Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt hath lost 
his savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thence- 
forth good for nothing, but to be cast out 3 to be trodden 
under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city 
that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men 
light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a can- 
dlestick ; a and it giveth light unto all that are in the 
house. Let your light so shine before men, that they 
may see your good works, and glorify your Father which 
is in heaven. 

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the 
prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For 
verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one 
jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till 
all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of 
these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he 
shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven ; but 
whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be 
called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say 
unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed 
the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall 
in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

l omit now 2 Woe unto you, when all 3 cast out, and to be trodden 
a Mar. iv. 21; Lk. viii. 18; xi. S3. 



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Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time,* 
Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in 
danger of the judgment : But I say unto you, That who- 
soever is angry with his brother 1 shall be in danger of 
the judgment : and whosoever shall say to his brother, 
Raca ! shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever 
shall say, Thou fool! b shall be in danger of hell fire. 
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there 
rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee; 
leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; 
first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and 
offer thy gift. 

Ye have heard that it was said 2 c Thou shalt not 
commit adultery. But I say unto you, 
That whosoever looketh on a woman to ^ifvi ^27-36™ ^ 
lust 3 hath committed adultery with her 
already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, 
pluck it out, and cast it from thee : for it is profitable for 
thee that one of thy members should perish, and not 
that thy whole body should be cast into hell. d And if 
thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from 
thee ; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy mem- 
bers should perish, and not that thy whole body should 
depart 4 into hell. It hath been said, e Whosoever shall 

1 with his brother without a cause 2 was said by them of old time 
3 to lust after her 4 should be cast into hell 

a Exod. xx. 15 ; Deut. v. 17. Comp. Matt. xix. 18 ; Mar. x. 19 ; Lk. 
xviii. 20; Rom. xiii. 9; Jas. ii. 11, etc. 
b See 2 Sam. vi. 20. 

c Exod. xx. 14; Deut. v. 17. Comp. Matt. xix. 18; Mar. x. 19; Lk. 
Xviii. 20; Rom. ii. 22; xiii. 9, etc. 

d Comp Matt, xviii. 8, 9; Mar. ix. 43-47. 

e Deut. xxiv. 3. Comp. Matt, xix. 7; Mar. x. 4; Lk. xvi. 18. 



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put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce- 
ment. But I say unto you, That every one who put- 
teth 1 away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, 
causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall 
marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. 

Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them 
of old time, a Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt 
perform unto the Lord thine oaths. But I say unto 
you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven ; for it is God's 
throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool : neither 
by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. 
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst 
not make one hair white or black. But let your com- 
munication be, Yea, yea ; Nay, b nay : for whatsoever is 
more than these cometh of evil. 

Ye have heard that it hath been said, c An eye for an 
eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, which 
hear, That ye resist not evil : but love your enemies, do 
good to them which hate you, bless them that curse 
you, pray for them that despitefully use you. And unto 
him that smiteth thee on the right cheek, turn to him 
the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the 
law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with 
him twain. Give d to him that asketh thee, and from 

l that whosoever shall put away 
a Comp. Exod. xx. 7; Lev. xix. 12. 
b J as. V. 12. 

c Exod. xxi. 24; Lev. xxiv. 20; Deut. xix.. 21. Comp. Prov. xx. 22; 
xxiv. 29. 

d Dent. xv. 8-10; Acts xx. 35. 



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him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away ; 
and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not 
again. 

Ye have heard that it hath been said, a Thou shalt 
love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy : but I say 
unto you, Love your enemies, 1 and pray for them which 2 
persecute you; that ye may be the children of your 
Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to 
rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on 
the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which 
love you, what thank have ye ? for sinners also love 
those that love them. And if ye salute your brethren 
only, what do ye more than others ? do not even the 
heathen 3 so ? For if also 4 ye do good to them which 
do good to you, what thank have ye ? sinners 5 also do 
even the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye 
hope to receive, what thank have ye ? for sinners also 
lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love ye 
your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing 
again ; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be 
the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the 
unthankful and to the evil. Be ye 6 merciful as your 
Father 7 is merciful. Be ye therefore perfect, even as 
your heavenly 8 Father is perfect. 

1 Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that 
hate you, and pray 

2 which despitefully use you, and persecute you. 

3 the publicans 4 And if ye do 

5 for sinners also 6 Be ye therefore merciful 

7 also is merciful 8 your Father which is in heaven 

a Comp. Lev. xix. 18; Matt. xix. 19; xxii. 39; Mar. xii. 31; Lk. x. 27. 
Rom. xiii. 9; Gal. v. 14; Jas. ii. 8. 



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But 1 take heed that ye do not your righteousness 2 
before men, to be seen of them : otherwise ye have no 
reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore 
when thou doest alins, do not sound a trumpet before 
thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the 
streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say 
unto you, They have their reward. But when thou 
doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right 
hand doeth : that thine alms may be in secret : and thy 
Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee. 3 

And when ye pray, ye 4 shall not be as the hypocrites : 
for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in 
the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of 
men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and 
when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which 
is in secret ; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall 
reward thee. 5 But when ye pray, use not vain repeti- 
tions, a as the heathen : for they think that they shall be 
heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like 
unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye 
have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner 
therefore pray ye : b Our Father which art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will 
be done in earth, as in heaven. Give us this day our 

1 omit But 

2 your alms before men 

3 which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly 

4 when thou prayest, thou shalt not 

5 reward thee openly. 

aComp Eccl. v. 2. b Lk. xi. 2-4. 



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daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we have 
forgiven 1 our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from evil. 2 For if ye forgive men their 
trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you : 
But if ye forgive not men, 3 neither will your Father 
forgive your trespasses. 

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a 
sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they 
may appear unto men to fast. Yerily I say unto you, 
They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, 
anoint thine head, and wash thy face ; that thou appear 
not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father, which is in 
secret : and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall 
reward thee. 4 

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where 
moth a and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break 
through and steal : but lay up for yourselves treasures 
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, 
and where thieves do not break through nor steal : for 
where thy treasure is, there will thine 5 heart be also. 

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what 
judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: 
and 6 condemn not, and ye shall not be con- L ^ ^3^2" 
demned : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven : 
give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, 

1 as we forgive our 

2 from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
for ever. Amen. 

3 forgive not men their trespasses 4 reward thee openly 
5 your treasure your heart 6 omit and 

aSeeLk. xii. 33, 34. 



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pressed down, 1 shaken together, running over, shall men 
give into your bosom. For with what 2 measure ye mete 
it shall be measured to you again. a And he spake also 3 
a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind ? shall 
they not both fall into the ditch ? The disciple is not 
above the 4 master : but every one that is perfect shall 
be as his master. And why beholdest thou the mote 
that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam 
that is in thine own eye ? 5 How canst thou say to thy 
brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in 
thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam 
that is in thine own eye ? Thou hypocrite ! cast out 
first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou 
see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither 
cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them 
under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men 

Matt vii 12-14 snou ^ ^° to y ou > do y e ey en so to them : 
Lk. vi. 81. for this is the law b and the prophets. 

Enter ye in at the straight gate : c for wide is the gate, 
and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and 
many there be which go in thereat : because strait is 
the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, 
and few there be that find it. 

1 and shaken together, and 

2 For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall he 

3 omit also 

4 his master 

5 Either how canst thou 

a Mar. iv. 24. b Lev. xix. 18. c Lk. xiii. 24. 



the sermon on the mount. 



Beware of false prophets, which come to you in 

sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are 

-i v r ii i x i Matt.vii. 15-viii. 1. 

ravening wolves. 1 e snail know them Lk yi ^-49 
by their fruits. a Do men gather grapes 
of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree 
bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth 
forth evil fruit. A £ood tree cannot bring forth evil 
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn 
down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits 
ye shall know them. A good man out of the good 
treasure of the 1 heart bringeth forth that which is good; 
and an evil out of an evil 2 bringeth forth that which is 
evil ; for of the abundance of the heart his mouth 
speaketh. 

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord ! Lord ! shall 
enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth 
the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will 
say to me in that day, Lord ! Lord ! have we not proph- 
esied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out 
devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works ? 
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : 
depart from me, ye that work iniquity ! 

Therefore whosoever cometh to me, and heareth these 
sayings of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened 3 unto 
a wise man, which built an house, and digged deep, and 
laid the foundation on a rock : and the rain descended, 

1 his heart 

2 an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth 

3 I will liken him 

a Matt. xii. 83. Comp. Jas. iii. 12. 
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66 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

and the floods came, and the winds blew, and the stream 
beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake 
it : because it was well built 1 [_and~] was founded upon 
a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of 
mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish 
man, which without a foundation built his house upon 
the sand : and the rain descended, and the floods came, 
and the winds blew, and the stream beat vehemently 
upon that house, and immediately it fell ; and the ruin 
of that house was great. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these 
sayings, the people were astonished a at his doctrine: 
For he taught them as one having authority, and not 
as their 2 scribes. 

When he was come down from the mountain, great 
multitudes followed him. 



l for it was founded upon a rock. 2 the scribes 

a Matt. xiii. 54; Mar. i. 22; vi. 2; Lk. iv. 32; see Jno. vii. 46. 



CHAPTER XI. 



FROM THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT UNTIL OUR LORD'S 
SECOND REJECTION AT NAZARETH. 

Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audi- 
ence of the people, he entered into Caper- 

* -i , . , , Matt. viii. 5-13. 

naum. And a certain centurion s servant, Lk vii< wo 
who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready 
to die. And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him 
the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would 
come and heal his servant, and saying, Lord, my ser- 
vant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tor- 
mented. And when they came to Jesus, they asked 1 him 
instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he 
should do this : for he loveth our nation, and he hath 
built us a synagogue. He 2 saith unto him, I will come 
and heal him. Then Jesus went with them. 

And when he was now not far from the house, the 
centurion sent friends, 3 saying, Lord ! trouble not thy- 
self : for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter 
under my roof. Wherefore neither thought I myself 
worthy to come unto thee : but say in a word, and let 4 
my servant be healed. For I also am a man set under 
authority, having under me soldiers, and 1 say unto one, 
Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; 

5 they besought him 2 And Jesus saith 

3 sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, 4 and my servant shall be 

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and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When 
Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and 
turned him about, and said unto the people that followed 
him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, 
not in Israel ! And I say unto you, That many shall 
come from the east and west, and shall sit down with 
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of 
heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall go forth 1 
into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnash- 
ing of teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go 
thy way ; and as thou hast believed be it done unto thee. 
And they that were sent, returning to the house, found 
the servant that had been sick was healed in the self 
same hour. 

And it came to pass the day after, that he went into 
a city called Nain ; and many of his disci- 

Lk. vii. 11-17. _ J . _ _ . _ / _ "m.T 

pies went with mm, and much people. JNow 
when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold ! there 
was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, 
and she was a widow : and much people of the city was 
with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had com- 
passion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he 
came and touched the bier: and they that bare him 
stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, 
Arise ! And he that was dead sat up, and began to 
speak. And he delivered him to his mother. And 
there came a fear on all : and they glorified God, say- 
ing, That a great prophet is risen up among us ; and, 
That God hath visited his people. And this rumor of 

l shall be cast out into 



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69 



hi in went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all 
the region round about. 

And the disciples of John shewed him of all these 
things. Now when John had heard in the , . . 0 - ft 

Matt. xi. 2-19. 

prison the works of Christ, calling two of Lk. vii. 18-35. 
his disciples he sent to the Lord, 1 saying, XV1 ' 16 ' 
Art thou he that should come ? or look we for another ? 
When the men were come unto him, they said, John 
Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying. Art thou he that 
should come ? or look we for another ? In that 2 hour 
he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of 
evil spirits ; and unto many blind he gave sight. Then 
Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell 
John what things ye have seen and heard ; a how that 
the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the 
deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is 
preached. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be 
offended in me. 

And when the messengers of John were departed, 
Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, 
What went ye out into the wilderness for to see ? A 
reecl shaken with the wind ? But what went ye out for 
to see ? A man clothed in soft raiment ? Behold ! they 
which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are 
in kings' courts. But what went ye out for to see ? A 
prophet ? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a 
prophet ! This is he, of whom it is written, b Behold ! 

l sent them to Jesus, 2 And in that same hour 

a Isa. xxxv. 4-6; xlii. 7; Ixi. 1. 

b Mai. iii. 1. Behold! I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare 
the way before me See Mar. i. 2; Lk. i. 76. 



70 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 

I send my messenger before thy face, which shall pre- 
pare thy way before thee. Yerily I say unto you, 
Among those that are born of women there is not a 
greater prophet than John the Baptist : notwithstanding 
he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than 
he. And from the days of John the Baptist until now 
the kingdom of heaven sufFereth violence, and the vio- 
lent take it by force. For all the prophets and the law 
prophesied until John : since that time the kingdom of 
God is preached, and every man presseth into it. And 
if ye will receive it, this is Elias, a which was for to come. 
He that hath ears 1 let him hear! "(And all the people 
that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being 
baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees 
and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against them- 
selves, being not baptized of him.) 2 Whereunto then 
shall I liken the men of this generation ? and to what 
are they like ? They are like unto children sitting in 
the market-place, and calling one to another, 3 saying, We 
have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have 
mourned, 4 and ye have not wept. For John the Baptist 
came neither eating bread nor drinking wine ; and ye say, 
He hath a devil ! The Son of man is come eating and 
drinking ; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a 
winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners ! But 
wisdom is justified of all her children. 

1 hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

2 And the Lord said, Whereunto 

3 and saying 

4 mourned to you 

a Mai. iv. 5, 6. See Matt. xvii. 11-13; Mar. ix. 12, 13; Lk. i. 16,17. 



THE ANOINTING IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON. 71 



And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would 
eat with him. And he went into the Phar- 

Lk. vii. 86-50. 

isee's house, aud sat down to meat. And, 
behold ! a woman which was in the city, a sinner, and 
knowing 1 that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, 
brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his 
feet behind, weeping, and began to wash his feet with 
tears, and* did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and 
kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, 
he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a 
prophet, would have known who and what manner of 
woman this is that toucheth him : for she is a sinner. 

And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have 
somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say 
on. There was a certain creditor which had two 
debtors : the one owed five hundred pence, and the 
other fifty. 2 When they had nothing to pay, he frankly 
forgave them both. Which of them therefore 3 will love 
him most ? Simon answering 4 said, I suppose that he, 
to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou 
hast rightly judged. And he turned to the woman, and 
said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into 
thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : but 
she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them 
with her hairs. 5 Thou gavest me no kiss : but this 
woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss 

1 a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that 

2 And when they had 3 Tell me therefore, which of them will lo\e 
4 answered and said 5 the hairs of her head 



72 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 



my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint : but 
this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. 
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, 
are forgiven ; for she loved much : but to whom little is 
forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, 
Thy sins are forgiven. And they that sat at meat with 
him began to say within themselves, Who is this that 
forgiveth sins also ? And he said to the woman, Thy 
faith hath saved thee ; go in peace. 

And it came to pass afterward, that he went through- 

Lk - i 3 ou ^ ever T c ^y an( ^ village, preaching and 
shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of 
God : and the twelve were with him, and certain 
women, which had been healed of evil spirits and in- 
firmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went 
seven devils, and Joanna, the wife of Chuza Herod's 
steward, and Susanna, and many others, which minis- 
tered unto them 1 of their substance. 

And he cometh 2 into an house. And the multitude 
Matt xii 2?-28 cometn together again, so that they could 
Mar. iii. 19-26. not so much as eat bread. And when his 
Lk. xi. 14-20. friends heard of it, they went out to lay 
hold on him : for they said, He is beside himself. 

Then was brought unto him one possessed with a 
devil, blind, and dumb : and he healed him, insomuch 
that the dumb 3 spake and saw. And all the people 
were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David ? 
But when the Pharisees heard it, and the scribes which 



1 unto him 2 And they went into an house 

3 the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 



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came clown from Jerusalem they said, He hath Beelze- 
bub, 3 and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. 
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign b from 
heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto 
them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan ? 
Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to deso- 
lation ; and every city or house divided against itself 
shall not stand. And if Satan rise up against himself, 
he is 1 divided, and cannot stand, but hath an end. Be- 
cause ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do 
your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your 
judges. But if I with the ringer of God cast out devils, 
no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. 

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his 
goods are in peace : but when a stronger Maft x .. 2g 30 
than he shall come upon him, and over- Mar. m. 27. 

L.k xi 21-°3 

come him, he taketh from him all his armor 
wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. He that is 
not with me is against me : and he that gathereth not 
with me scattereth abroad. 

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and 
blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men : but Matt ^ 3137 
the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost Mar. iii 28-30. 
shall not be forgiven 2 . And whosoever Lk ' X11 ' 10 ' 
speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be 
forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh against the Holy 
Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this 

1 and be divided, he cannot stand 2 not be forgiven unto men. 

a See Matt. ix. 32-34. b Matt. xvi. 1; Mar. viii. 11; Jno. ii. 18. 



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world, neither in the world to come. (Because they 
said, He hath an unclean spirit.) 

Either make the tree good, and his fruit good a ; or 
else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt : for 
the tree is known by his fruit. O generation of 
vipers ! b how can ye, being evil, speak good things ? 
for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth 
speaketh. 0 A good man out of the good treasure 1 
bringeth forth good things : and an evil man out of the 
evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto 
you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they 
shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For 
by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words 
thou shalt be condemned. 

And when the people were gathered thick together, 
certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees 

Matt. xii. 38-45. 1 9 • ii 

Lk.xi. 24-32. answered him/ saying, Master, we would 
see a sign from thee. But he answered 
and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation 
seeketh after a sign ; and there shall no sign be given 
to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas : d For as Jonas 
was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, 6 

— a sign unto the Ninevites : so shall the Son of man be 
three clays and three nights in the heart of the earth, 

— [a sign'] to this generation. The men of Nineveh 
shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall 
condemn it : because they repented at the preaching of 



l out of the good treasure of the heart 
a See Matt. vii. 17-20; Lk. vi. 43, 44. 
c See Lk. vi. 45. d See Matt. xvi. 4. 



2 omit him 
b See Matt. iii. 7. 
e Jonah ii. 1. 



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Jonas a ; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. The 
queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with 
the men of this generation, and condemn them : for she 
came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the 
wisdom of Solomon b ; and, behold, a greater than Sol- 
omon is here. 

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he 
walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth 
none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from 
whence I came out ; and when he is come, he findeth it 
empty, and 1 swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and 
taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked 
than himself, and they enter in and dwell there : and 
the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even 
so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. 

And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a cer- 
tain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said 
unto him, Blessed the womb that bare thee, and the paps 
which thou hast sucked ! But he said, Yea, rather, 
blessed they that hear the word of God, and keep it ! 

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in 
a secret place* neither under a bushel, but 
on a candlestick, 0 that they which come in ^^^'ss-st 
may see the light. The light of the body 
is thine 2 eye : when thine eye is single, thy whole body 
also is full of light ; but when thine eye is evil, thy 
whole body also is full of darkness. Take heed there- 



l omit and before swept, 2 is the eye : therefore when 

a Jonah iii. 5-10. b 1 Kings x. 1 ; 2 Chron. ix. 1. 

c See Matt. v. 15; Mar. iv. 21; Lk. viii. 16. 



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fore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If 

the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that 

darkness ! If thy whole body therefore be full of light, 

having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as 

when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. 

While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother 

w u .. AO en and his brethren came to him and could 
Matt. xn. 46-50. 

Mar. iii. 31-35. not come at him for the press, and stand- 
Lk. vin. 19-^1. w ithout, sent unto him, calling him. 

And the multitude sat about him, and they say 1 unto 
him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren and thy sis- 
ters 2 stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But 
he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is 
my mother ? and who are my brethren ? And he 
looked round about on them which sat about him, and 
stretched forth the 3 hand toward his disciples, and said, 
Behold my mother and my brethren ! For whosoever 
shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the 
same is my brother, and sister, and mother. 

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and when 
•»»- ^ ..• -. no much people were gathered together, and 

Matt. xm. 1-23. r r & t> > 

Mar. iv. 1-25. were come to him out of every city, he 
Lk. vni. 4-18. "began again to teach by the sea side : and 
there gathereth unto him a very 4 great multitude, so that 
he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea ; and the whole 
multitude were 5 by the sea on the land. And he taught 
them many things by parables, and said unto them in 
his doctrine, 

l they said 2 omit and thy sisters 3 his hand 

4 there was gathered unto him a great multitude 

5 the whole multitude was 



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Hearken ! Behold, there went out a sower to sow : 
and it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way 
side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured them 
up : some fell upon stony places, where they had not 
much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they 
had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was up, 
they were scorched ; and because they had no root, they 
withered away. And some fell among thorns ; and the 
thorns sprung up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 
And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that 
sprang up and increased : and brought forth, unto thirty, 
and unto sixty, and unto 1 an hundred. 3. And when he 
had said these things, he cried, Whosoever 2 hath ears to 
hear, let him hear ! 

And when he was alone, they that were about him 
with the twelve came, and said unto him, Why speakest 
thou unto them in parables, and asked him, 3 What might 
this parable be ? He answered and said unto them, 
Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of 
the kingdom of heaven ; but to them that are without 
it is not given. Therefore speak I to them in para- 
bles: because they seeing see not; and hearing they 
hear not, neither do they understand. And by 4 them is 
fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, b By hear- 

1 thrice some for unto 2 He that hath ears 

3 asked him, saying, 4 And in them is fulfilled 

a See Gen. xxvi. 12. 

b Isa. vi. 9, 10. Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye in- 
deed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make 
their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and 
hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert and 
be healed. Compare Jno. xii. 39-41 ; Acts xxviii. 25-27. 



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ing ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; and seeing 
ye shall see, and shall not perceive : For this people's 
heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, 
and their eyes they have closed ; lest at any time they 
should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and 
should understand with their heart, and should be con- 
verted, and I shall 1 heal them. 

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable ? 
and how then will ye know all parables ? Hear ye 
therefore the parable of the sower. When any one 
heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth 
it not, then cometh the wicked one immediately, and 
taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they 
should believe and be saved. This is he which received 
seed by the way side. But he that received the seed 
into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, 
and anon with joy receiveth it ; yet hath he not root in 
himself, but dureth for a while : for when tribulation or 
persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is 
offended. He also that received seed among the thorns 
is he that heareth the word ; and the care of the 2 world, 
and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other 
things entering in, choke the word, and he become th 
unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good 
ground is he that heareth the word in an honest and 
good heart, and understandeth . it ; which also keep it, 
and bring forth fruit with patience, some an hundred- 
fold, some sixty, some thirty. 

And he said unto them, No man, when he hath lighted 

1 1 should heal 2 of this world 



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a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under 
a bed ; but setteth it on a candlestick,* that they which 
enter in may see the light. For there is nothing hid, 
which shall not be manifested; neither was anything 
kept secret, but that it should come abroad. b If any 
man have ears to hear, let him hear ! And he said 
unto them, Take heed what ye hear; with what measure 
ye mete, it shall be measured to you : c and unto you 1 
shall more be given. For whosoever hath to him shall 
be given, and he shall have more abundance : but who- 
soever hath not, from him shall be taken away even 
that which he seemeth to have. d 

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The 
kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man , . ... 0 . KO 

& Matt. xm. 24-53. 

which sowed good seed in his field. But Mar. iv. 26-34. 
while men slept, his enemy came and Lk ' xm ' 18 ~ 21, 
sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But 
when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, 
then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the 
householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou 
sow good seed in thy field ? from whence then hath it 
tares ? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. 
The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go 
and gather them up ? But he saith, 2 Nay ; lest while 
ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with 
them. Let both grow together until the harvest : and 
in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather 



l unto you that hear 
a Matt. v. 15; Lk. xi. 33. 
cMatt. vii. 2; Lk. vi. 38. 



2 But he said 
b Matt. x. 26; Lk. xii. 2. 
d Matt. xxv. 29; Lk. xix. 26. 



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ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to 
burn them ; but gather the wheat into my barn. 

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man 
should cast seed into the ground ; and should sleep, and 
rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow 
up, he knoweth not how. 1 The earth bringeth forth 
fruit of herself ; first the blade, then the ear, after that 
the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought 
forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the 
harvest is come. 

Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like ? 
and where unto shall I resemble it ? The kingdom of 
heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man 
took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least 
of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest 
among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of 
the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 

Another parable spake he unto them ; The kingdom of 
heaven is like unto leaven which a woman took, and hid 
in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened, 

And with many such parables spake he the word unto 
them, as they were able to hear. But without a para- 
ble spake he not unto them : and when they were alone, 
he expounded all things to his own 2 disciples. That it 
might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias 3 the 
prophet, saying, a I will open my mouth in parables ; 
I will utter things which have been kept secret from 
the foundation of the world. 

1 For the earth 2 omit own 3 omit Esaias 

a Ps. lxxviii. 2. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark 
sayings of old. 



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81 



Then lie 1 sent the multitude away, and went into 
the house : and his disciples came unto him, saying, De- 
clare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He 
answered and said, 2 He that soweth the good seed is the 
Son of man ; the field is the world ; the good seed are 
the children of the kingdom : but the tares are the chil- 
dren of the wicked one ; the enemy that sowed them is 
the devil ; the harvest is the end of the world ; and the 
reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gath- 
ered and burned in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of 
the 3 world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, 
and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that 
offend, and them which do iniquity ; and shall cast them 
into a furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnash- 
ing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as 
the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath 
ears, 4 let him hear ! 

5 The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a 
field ; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and 
for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and 
buyeth that field. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant 
man, seeking goodly pearls : but, G when he had found one 
pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and 
bought it. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that 
was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind : which, 

1 Then Jesus sent 2 and said unto them 

3 end of this world 4 who hath ears to hear 

5 Again, the kingdom 6 who, when he had found 
6 



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when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and 
gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. 
So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall 
come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just : 
and shall cast them into the furnace of fire, there shall 
be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

1 Have ye understood all these things ? They say 
unto him, Yea. 2 Then said he unto them, Therefore 
every scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is 
like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth 
forth out of his treasure things new and old. 

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished 
these parables, he departed thence. 

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, 



sent away the multitude, they took him even as he 
was in the ship. And there were also with him other 3 
ships. And they launched forth. And there arose a 
great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so 
that the ship 4 was now full, and they were in jeopardy. 
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a 
pillow : and they awake him, and say unto him, Master ! 
carest thou not that we perish ? And he arose, and re- 
buked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace ! be still ! 
And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And 



Matt. viii. 18, 23-27. 
Mar. iv 35-41. 
Lk. viii. 22-25. 



when the even was come, he saith unto 
them, Let us pass over unto the other 
side of the lake. And when they had 



1 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood 

2 They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 

3 other little ships 

4 so that it was now full 



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he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it 
that ye have no faith ? And they feared exceedingly, 
and wondered, saying one to another, What manner of 
man is this ! for he commandeth even the winds and 
water, and they obey him. 

And they came over unto the other side of the sea, 
into the country of the Gerasenes (Gad- Mattviii 2 8_i x i 
arenes. 1 ) And when he was come out Mar. v. 1-21. 
of the ship, immediately there met him Lk " vm ' 26_40, 
two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, ex- 
ceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 
And long time he 2 ware no clothes, neither abode in 
any house, but had his dwelling among the tombs : and 
no man could bind him, no, not with a 3 chain : because 
that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, 
and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and 
the fetters broken in pieces : neither could any tame 
him. And always, night and day, he was in the moun- 
tains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with 
stones. And 4 when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and 
fell down before him, and worshipped him, and cried 
with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, 
Jesus, Son of of the most high God? art thou come to 
torment us before the time ? I adjure thee by God, that 
thou torment me not. For he said unto him, Come out 
of the man, unclean spirit. And Jesus asked him, say- 
ing, What is thy name ? And he said, Legion : because 
many devils were entered into him. And they besought 



1 Gergesenes 
3 with chains 



2 which had devils long time, and ware 
4 But when 



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him that he would not send them away out of the coun- 
try [nor'] command them to go out into the deep. 

And there was there an herd of many swine feeding 
on the mountain a good way off from them. So the 
devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, Send 
us into the swine, that we may enter into them. And 
he 1 gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, 
arid entered into the swine : and the whole herd ran 
violently down a steep place into the sea ( 2 about two 
thousand) and were choked in the sea. And they that 
fed the swine fled, and told in the city, and in the coun- 
try everything, and what was befallen to the possessed 
of the devils. 

And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus, 
and to see what was done. And they found the man, 
that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, out 
of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of 
Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind : and they were 
afraid. And 3 they which saw it told them by what 
means he that was possessed of the devils was healed, 
and concerning the swine. 

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Ger- 
gesenes 4 round about besought him to depart out of 
their coasts ; for they were taken with great fear : and 
he went up into a 5 ship, and returned back again. Now 
the man out of whom the devils were departed besought 
him that he might be with him ; but he 6 suffered him 
not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell 



l and forthwith Jesus gave 2 they were about 3 They also which 
4 Gadarenes 5 the ship 6 but Jesus sufic red 



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85 



them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and 
hath had compassion on thee. And he departed and 
began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus 
had done for him : and all men did marvel. 

And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto 
the other side into his own city, much peo- Matt ix lg 26 
pie gathered unto him ; for they were all Mar. v. 21-42. 
waiting for him ; and he was nigh unto the Lk * vm " 40 ~° 6 ' 
sea. And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the 
synagogue, Jairus by name ; and when he saw him, he 
fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him greatly that 
he would come into his house saying, My little daughter 
lieth at the point of death : come and lay thy hands on 
her, that she may be healed and live. 1 (For he had one 
only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a 
dying.) And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did 
his disciples. But as he went much people followed 
him, and thronged him. 

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an 
issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many 
things of many physicians, and had spent all that she 
had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 
when she had heard the things concerning Jesus, came 
in the press behind, and touched the hem of his garment : 
For she said within herself, If I may but touch his gar- 
ment, I shall be whole. And straightway the fountain 
of her blood was dried up ; and she felt in her body that 
she was healed of that plague. And Jesus, immediately 
knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, 
turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched 
l may be healed ; and she shall live. 



86 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 



my clothes? When all denied, Peter and they that 
were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee 
and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me ? And 
Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me ; for I perceive 
that virtue is gone out of me. And he looked round 
about to see her that had done this thing. And when 
the woman saw that she was not hid, she came fearing 
and trembling, knowing what w^as done in her, and fall- 
ing down before him, she declared 1 before all the people 
for what cause she had touched him, and how she was 
healed immediately. And he said unto her, Daughter^ 
be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole ; go 
in peace, and be whole of thy plague. 

While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the 
synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is 
dead : why troublest thou the Master any further ? But 
Jesus having casually 2 heard the word that was spoken, 
he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, 
believe only, and she shall be made whole. And when 
he came into the house, he suffered not any to go in with 
him, 3 save Peter, and James, and John the brother of 
James, and the father and the mother of the maiden. 
And all wept, and bewailed her : and he seeth the 
tumult, and the minstrels and the people making a noise. 
And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why 
make ye this ado, and weep ? Give place ! for the maid 
is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to 
scorn, knowing that she was dead. But when he had 
put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of 

l declared unto him 2 As soon as Jesus heard 

o he suffered no man to go in, sure 



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the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth 
in where the damsel was. 1 And he took the damsel by 
the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi ! which is, 
being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. And 
straightway her spirit came again, and the damsel arose, 
and walked ; for she was of the age of twelve years. 
And they were straightway 2 astonished with a great 
astonishment. And he charged them straitly that no 
man should know it: and commanded that something 
should be given her to eat. And the fame hereof went 
abroad into all that land. a 

And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men 
followed him, crvinff, and saying, Son of 

^ ? \ i v, T Matt. ix. 27-34. 

David, have mercy on us! And when he 
was come into the house, the blind men came to him : 
and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able 
to do this ? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then 
touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith 
be it unto you. And their eyes were opened ; and Jesus 
straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his 
fame in all that country. 

As they went out, behold, they brought to him a 
dumb man possessed with a devil . b And when the devil 
was cast out, the dumb spake ; and the multitudes mar- 
velled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel ! But the 
Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince 
of the devils. 



l was lying 
a See Lk. vii. 17. 



2 omit straightway 
b Matt. xii. 22-25; Lk. xi. 14-17. 



CHAPTER XII. 



THIRD PASSOVER. 

And he went out from thence, and cometh 1 into his 
own country ; and his disciples follow 
Matt, xm.54 58. And when the sabbath day was 

Mar. vi. 1-6. J 

come, he began to teach in the syna- 
gogue: and many hearing, were astonished, saying, 
From whence hath this man these things ? and what 
wisdom is this which is given unto this one ? and 2 such 
mighty works are wrought by his hands ? Is not this the 
carpenter, the carpenter's son? the son of Mary, the 
brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon ? 
and are not his sisters all here with us ? Whence then 
hath this man all these things ? And they were 
offended at him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet 
is not without honor, but in his own country, and 
among his own kin, and in his own house. And he 
could there do no mighty work, because of their unbe- 
lief, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, 
and healed them. And he marvelled because of their 
unbelief. 

l and came into 2 given unto him, that even such 



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89 



And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teach- 
ing in their synagogues, and preaching Matti ix- s ' 5 _ x j 
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing Mar. vi. 6, 7. 
every sickness and every disease. 1 Lk " lx ' 1 * 

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with 
compassion on them, because they were harassed, 2 and 
were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.* 
^ Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is 
plenteous, but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore 
the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers 
into his harvest. 

And he called unto him the twelve, and began to 
send them forth by two and two ; and gave them power 
and authority over all unclean spirits, to cast them out, 
and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of 
disease. 

These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, 
saying, Go not into the way of the Gen- Matt x 5 ^ 16 . xi L 
tiles, and into any city of the Samari- Mar. vi. 8-13. 
tans enter ye not ; but go rather to the Lk 1X " 2 ~ 6, 
lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, 
saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the 
sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils : 
freely ye have received, freely give. Provide neither 
' gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for 
your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet 
staves ; but be shod with sandals : for the workman is 
worthy of his meat. And [in] whatsoever city or town 

1 and every disease among the people. 2 because they fainted 

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ye shall enter into an house, enquire who in it is worthy ; 
and there abide till ye go thence. And when ye come 
into an house, a salute it. And if the house be worthy, 
let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let 
your peace return to you. And whosoever shall not 
receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out 
of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet for 
a testimony against them. Yerily I say unto you, It 
shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and 
Gomorrha in the day of judgment than for that city. b 

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of 
wolves : c be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless 
as doves. d 

And they departed, and went through the towns, 
preaching the gospel, that men should repent. And 
they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many 
that were sick, and healed them. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end 
of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence 
to teach and to preach in their cities. 

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame 

Matt xiv 12°^ ^ esus > (f° r n ^ s name was spread 
Mar. vi 14-16. abroad :) and he said unto his servants, 
This is John the Baptist; he is risen from 
the dead ; and therefore mighty works do show forth 
themselves in him. And he was perplexed, because 
that it was said of some, that John was risen from the 
dead ; and of some, that Elias had appeared ; and of 

a Comp. Lk. x. 5, 6. b Comp. Lk. x. 12, 14. c Comp. Lk. x. 3. 
d Comp. Rom. xvi. 19. 



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others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. 
And Herod said, John have I beheaded : bat who is 
this, of whom I hear such things ? And he desired to 
see him. 

And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on 
his birthday made a supper to his lords, Matt xiv q_ 12 . 
high captains, and chief estates of Galilee ; Mar - vi - 21 " 29 - 
and when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, 
and danced, she 1 pleased Herod and them that sat with 
him; and 2 the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me 
whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he 
sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will 
give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. And she, 
being before instructed of her mother, went forth, and 
said unto her mother, What shall I ask ? And she said, 
The head of John the Baptist. And she came in 
straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, say- 
ing, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the 
head of John the Baptist. And the king was exceeding 
sorry ; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which 
sat with him, he would not reject her. And imme- 
diately the king sent an executioner, and commanded to 
bring 3 his head : and he went and beheaded him in the 
prison, and brought his head in a charger, and gave it to 
the damsel : and the damsel gave it to her mother. And 
when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his 
corpse, and laid him 4 in a tomb, and went and told 
Jesus. 



l danced and pleased 

3 commanded his head to be brought 



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When Jesus heard of it, the apostles gathered them- 
J.* • -.no-, selves together and told him all things, 

Matt. xiv. 13-21. fe & ' 

Mar. vi. 30-44. whatsoever 1 they had done and taught. 

Lk. ix. 10-17. ^ n( j saith 2 unto them, Come ye your- 
Jno. vi. 1-14. b 

selves apart into a desert place, and rest a 

while : for there were many coming and going, and they 

had no leisure so much as to eat. And they went over 

the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias', by ship 

privately, into a desert place, into 3 the city called Beth- 

saida. And they 4 saw them departing, and many knew 

them, and a great multitude followed him, and ran afoot 

thither out of all cities, and outwent them, 5 because 

they saw the 6 miracles which he did on them that were 

diseased. And Jesus went up into a mountain, and 

there he sat with his disciples. And the passover, the 7 

feast of the Jews, was nigh. 

When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and - saw a great 

company come unto him, he received them, and was 

moved with compassion towards them, because they 

were as sheep not having a shepherd ; and he began to 

teach them many things, and spake unto them of the 

kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of 

healing. 

And when the day was now far spent, his disciples 
came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the 
time is now past ; send therefore 8 the multitude away, 
that they may go into the country round about, and into 

1 both what they had done, and what they had taught 

2 said unto them 3 into a desert place belonging to the city 

4 the people eaw them 5 outwent them, and came together unto him 
6 saw his miracles 7 a feast 8 omit therefore 



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the villages, and lodge, and buy themselves something 
to eat. 1 He saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy- 
bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove 
him : for he himself knew what he would do. Philip 
answereth 2 him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is 
not sufficient for them, that every one 3 may take a little. 
But he said unto them, They need not depart ; give ye 
them to eat. [_A?id~] he saith unto them, How many 
loaves have ye ? go and see. One of his disciples, An- 
drew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a 
lad here, who 4 hath five barley loaves, and two small 
fishes : but what are they among so many ? And Jesus 
said, Bring them hither to me. Now there was much 
grass in the place. So he commanded them to make all 
sit down by companies upon the green grass. And they 
sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. And 
when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he 
looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, 
and gave them to the 5 disciples to set before them ; and 
the two fishes divided he among them all, as much as 
they would. When they were filled he said unto his 
disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that noth- 
ing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and 
filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five bar- 
ley loaves, and of the fishes which remained over and 
above unto them that had eaten. And they were about 
five thousand men, besides women and children. 

Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that 

1 buy themselves bread ; for they have nothing to eat. 

2 answered 3 every one of them 4 which hath 5 his disciples 



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he 1 did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should 
come into the world. 

When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come 

Matt. xiv. 22-36. and take k im h J force > to make nim km g> 

Mar. vi. 45-56. straightway he constrained his disciples to 
Jno. vi. 15-21. - nto g^ip^ an $ to go to the other 

side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the 
people. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he 
went up into a mountain apart to pray : and when the 
evening was come, his disciples went down unto the sea, 
and entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward 
Capernaum. And the darkness overtook them, 2 and the 
ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves : 
and he alone on the land. And the sea arose by reason 
of a great wind that blew. And he, seeing them toil- 
ing in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them, 3 
about the fourth watch of the night, cometh unto them, 
walking upon the sea, and would have passed by 
them. So when they had rowed about five and twenty 
or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, 
and drawing nigh unto the ship : and they supposed it 
had been a spirit, and cried out. For they all saw him, 
and were troubled. And immediately he talked with 
them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer : it is I ; 
be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, 
if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And 
he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out 
of the ship, he walked on the water, and came 4 to Jesus. 

l the miracle that Jesus did. 2 And it was now dark 

3 And he saw them and about the fourth watch 

4 to go to Jesus 



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But when he saw the wind, 1 he was afraid ; and begin- 
ning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me ! And im- 
mediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught 
him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore 
didst thou doubt ? 

Then they willingly received him into the ship. And 
when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 
Then they that were in the ship 2 worshipped him, say- 
ing, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. And they 
were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure. 3 For 
they considered not the miracle of the loaves : but 4 their 
heart was hardened. And immediately the ship was at 
the land whither they went. 

And when they had passed over to the land they came 
unto 5 Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. And when 
they were come out of the ship, straightway the men of 
that place had knowledge of him, and sent out into all 
that country round about, and began to carry about in 
beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. 
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or 
country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought 
him that they might touch if it were but the border of 
his garment : and as many as touched him were made 
whole. 

The day following, when the people which stood on 
the other side of the sea saw that there T . ™ •• -, 

Jno. vi. 22-vii.l. 

was none other boat there, save one, 6 and 

1 the wind boisterous 2 came and worshipped 

3 beyond measure, and wondered 4 for their heart 

6 they came into the land of Gennesaret 

6 none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were 
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that Jesus went not with his disciples into the ship, 1 
bat that his disciples were gone away alone : (Howbeit 
there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the 
place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had 
given thanks) : When the people therefore saw that 
Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they took 
boats 2 and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. And 
when they had found him on the other side of the sea, 
they said unto him, Rabbi, when earnest thou hither ? 

Jesus answered them and said, Yerily, verily, I say 
unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, 
but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 
Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that 
meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the 
Son of man giveth 3 unto you: for him hath God the 
Father sealed. Then said they unto him, What shall 
we do, that we might work the works of God ? Jesus 
answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, 
that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. They said 
therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that 
we may see, and believe thee ? what dost thou work ? 
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert: as it is written, 
He gave them bread from heaven to eat. a 

Then Jesus said unto them, Yerily, verily, I say unto 
you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but 
my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For 
the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, 

l boat 2 they also took shipping 3 shall give unto you 

a Exod. xvi. 4, 15. Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you 

This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. Ps. lxxviii. 24 
Comp. Neh. ix. 15; Ps. cv. 40; Wisd. xvi. 20. 



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and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto 
him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said 
unto them, I am the bread of life : a he that cometh to 
me shall never hunger : and he that believeth on me 
shall never thirst. b But I said unto you, that ye also 
have seen me, and believe not. All that the Father 
giveth me shall come to me ; and him that cometh to 
me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from 
heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will c of him 
that sent me. And this is the will of him 1 which hath 
sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should 
lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 
For this is the will of my Father, 2 that every one which 
seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have ever- 
lasting life : and I will raise him up at the last day. 

The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I 
am the bread which came down from heaven. And 
they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose 
father and mother we know ? how is it now 3 that he 
saith, I came down from heaven ? Jesus 4 answered and 
said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. No 
man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent 
me draw him ; and I will raise him up at the last day. 
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all 
taught of God. d Every man 5 that hath heard, and hath 

1 the Father's will which hath 

2 And this is the will of him that sent me 3 how is it then 

4 Jesus therefore answered 5 Every man therefore 

a See ver. 48, 58. b Comp. iv. 14; vii. 37. 

c Comp. Heb. x. 7, 9. 

d Isa. liv. 13. And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord. 
Comp. Jer. xxxi. 34; Mic. iv. 2; Heb. viii. 10; x. 16. 
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learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Not that any 
man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, a he 
hath seen God. 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that 
believeth 2 hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life. 
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are 
dead. This is the bread which cometh down from 
heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am 
the living bread which came down from heaven : if any 
man eat of my 3 bread, he shall live forever : and the 
bread that I will give for the life of the world is my 
flesh. 4 * 

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, 
how can b this man give us his flesh to eat ? Then 
Jesus said unto them, Yerily, verily, I say unto you, 
Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink 
his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my 
flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life : and I 
will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is true 5 
meat, and my blood is true drink. He that eateth my 
flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in 
him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by 
the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live 
by me. This is that bread which came down from 
heaven : not as the 6 fathers did eat, and are dead : he 
that eateth of this bread shall live forever. 

l the Father 2 believeth on me 3 of this bread 

4 the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of 
the world. 

5 is meat indeed is drink indeed 

6 as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead 

a Comp. i. 18. b Comp. iii. 9. 



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These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught 
in Capernaum. Many therefore of his disciples, when 
they had heard, said, This is an hard saying; who 
can hear it? When Jesus knew in himself that his 
disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this 
offend you ? What and if ye shall see the Son of man 
ascend up where he was before ? It is the spirit that 
quickeneth ; the flesh pronteth nothing ; the words that 
I have spoken 1 unto you, are spirit, and are life. But 
there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew 
from the beginning who they were that believed not, 
and who should betray him. And he said, Therefore 
said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except 
it were given unto him of the 2 Father. 

From that time many of his disciples went back, and 
walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the 
twelve, will ye also go away ? 8 Simon Peter answered 
him, Lord, to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words 
of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou 
art the Holy One of God. 4a He 5 answered them, have 
not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil ? He 
spake of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; 6 for he it 
was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. 

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he 
would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to 
kill him. 

l that I speak unto you 2 of my Father 3 Then Simon Peter 

4 that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. 

5 Jesus answered 6 Judas Iscariot the son of Simon. 

a Matt. xvi. 16; Mar. viii. 29; Lk. ix. 20, 



CHAPTER XIII. 



FROM OUR LORD'S THIRD PASSOVER UNTIL HIS 
TRANSFIGURATION. 

Then came together unto Jesus the Pharisees, and 
Matt. xv. 1-20. certain of the scribes, which came from 
Mar vn. 1-23. Jerusalem. And when they saw that 1 
some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to 
say, with unwashen, hands, — 2 For the Pharisees, and 
all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, 
holding the tradition of the elders. And when they 
come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. 
And many other things there be, which they have 
received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, 
* brazen vessels. — 3 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked 
him, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the 
elders ? for they wash not the 4 hands when they eat 
bread. But he answered and said unto them, Hypo- 
crites ! well did Esaias prophecy of you, saying, This 
people honoreth me with the 5 lips ; but their heart is 
far from me. a Howbeit in vain do they worship me, 

l omit that 2 with unwashen hands, they found fault. 

3 brazen vessels, and of tables 4 their hands 

5 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth and honoreth 
me with their lips. 

a Isa. xxix. 13. Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their 
mouth, and their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far 
from me, — Comp. Col. ii. 22. 

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teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 1 Lay- 
ing aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradi- 
tion of men. 2 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject 
the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own 
tradition. For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy 
mother : a and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him 
die the death. b But ye say, If a man shall say to his 
father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by 
whatsoever thou mightest he profited by me; 3 — Ye 
suffer him no more to do ought for father or mother ; 4 
making the word of God of none effect through your 
tradition, which ye have delivered ; and many such like 
things do ye. 

And when he had called the people again, 5 he said 
unto them, Hearken unto me, every one, and understand : 
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into 
him can defile him ; but the things which come out of a 
man 6 are they that defile the man. 7 

Then came the 8 disciples, and said unto him, Know- 
est thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they 
heard this saying? But he answered and said, Every 
plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, 
shall be rooted up. Let them alone : they be blind 

1 For laying aside 

2 tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other 
such like things do ye. 

3 be profited by me ; he shall be free. And ye suffer 

4 his father or his mother 

5 called all the people unto him 

6 which come out of him, those are they 

7 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. Mar. vii. 16. 

8 his disciples 

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leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, 
both shall fall into the ditch. 

And when he was entered into the house from the 
people, Peter and his disciples asked of him 1 the par- 
able. And he saith unto them, are ye yet so without 
understanding also ? Do ye not perceive, that what- 
soever thing from without entereth into the man, it can- 
not defile him ; because it entereth not into his heart, 
but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purg- 
ing all meats ? And he said, That which cometh out of 
the man, that defile th the man. For from within, out 
of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, 
fornications, murders, thefts, false witness, covetousness, 
wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blas- 
phemy, pride, foolishness : all these evil things come 
from within, and defile the man ; but to eat with un- 
washen hands defile th not a man. 

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts 
Matt. xv. 21-28. of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an 
Mar. vii. 24-30. h ouse? an( j WO uld have no man know it ; 
but he could not be hid. But straightway 2 a woman 
of Canaan out of the same coasts, whose young 
daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came 
in 3 and fell at his feet, and cried, 4 saying, Have mercy 
on me, O Lord, Son of David ; my daughter is griev- 
ously vexed with a devil. (The woman was a Greek, a 
Syrophenician by nation.) But he answered her not a 
word. And his disciples came and besought him, say- 



l asked him concerning the parable 
3 came and fell 



2 For a certain woman 
4 cried unto him 



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ing, Send her away ; for she crieth after us. But he 
answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep 
of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped 
him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, 
Let the children first be filled : for it is not meet to take 
the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And 
she answered and said unto him, Truth, Lord : yet the 
dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's 
table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O 
woman, great is thy faith J be it unto thee even as thou 
wilt ; for this saying go thy way ; the devil is gone out 
of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, 
she found the child laid upon the bed, 1 and the devil 
gone out. 

And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre he came 
through Sidon, 2 unto the sea of Galilee, Matt. xv. 29-39. 
through the midst of the coasts of De- Mar.vii.3l-viiL9. 
capolis ; and went up into a mountain, and sat down 
there. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and 
had an impediment in his speech ; and they beseech him 
to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from 
the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he 
* spit, and touched his tongue ; and looking up to heaven, 
he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be 
opened. And 3 his ears were opened, and straightway 4 
the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake ^plain. 
And he charged them that they should tell no man : but 

1 she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. 

2 departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the Sea 
of Galilee. 

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104 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 

the more he charged them, so much the more a great 
deal they published it. And great multitudes came 
unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, 
dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down 
at his 1 feet; and he healed them: insomuch that the 
multitude wondered, and were beyond measure aston- 
ished, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to 
be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see : say- 
ing, He hath done all things well : and they glorified the 
God of* Israel. 

In those days the multitude being again 2 great, and 
having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples, and saith 
unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because 
they have now been with me three days, and have noth- 
ing to eat : and if I send them away fasting to their 
own houses, they will faint by the way : and 3 divers of 
them came from far. And his disciples say unto him, 
Whence should we have so much bread in the wilder- 
ness, as to fill so great a multitude ? And Jesus saith 
unto them, How many loaves have ye ? And they said, 
Seven, and a few little fishes. And he commanded the 
multitude to sit down on the ground. And he took the 
seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake 
and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multi- 
tudes. 4 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they 
took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets 
full. And they that did eat were four thousand men, 
beside women and children : and he sent them away. 

l at Jesus' feet 2 being very great 3 for divers of them 

4 multitude 



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And straightway lie entered into a ship with his disci- 
ples, and came into the parts of Dalinanutha, into the 
coast of Magadan. 1 

The Pharisees also with the Sadclucees came, and, 
tempting, desired him that he would watt xv i, 4> 
shew them a sign from heaven. a He Mar - yiiL 10 - 12 - 
sighed deeply in his spirit, and answered and said unto 
them [ 2 When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair 
weather : for the sky is red. And in the morning, It 
will be foul weather to-day : for the sky is red and lowr- 
ing. 3 Ye can discern the face of the sky ; but can ye not 
the signs of the times ? ] A wicked and adulterous gen- 
eration seeketh after a sign ; verily I say unto you, 
There shall no sign be given unto it but the sign of 4 
Jonas. And he left them, and embarking 5 again de- 
parted to the other side. 

Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither 
had they in the ship with them more than Matt. xvi. 4-12. 
one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Mar - vm * 13 ~ 21, 
Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and 
of the Sadducees, and of the leaven of Herod. And 
they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because 
we have taken no bread. Which when Jesus perceived, 
he saith unto them, O ye of little faith ! why reason ye, 
because ye have no bread ? perceive ye not yet, neither 
understand? have ye your heart hardened? 6 Having 

1 Magdala 

2 When it is evening, etc., to signs of the times is omitted in several 
early MSS. 

3 O ye hypocrites, ye can discern 4 the prophet Jonas 

5 and entering into the ship again 6 have ye your heart yet hardened ? 
a See Matt. xii. 38, 39; Lk. xi. 16. 



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eyes, see ye not ? and having ears, hear ye not ? and do 

ye not remember when I brake the five loaves among 

five thousand, and 1 how many baskets full of fragments 

ye took up ? a They say unto him, Twelve. And when 

the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full 

of fragments took ye up ? b And they say, 2 Seven. And 

he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand 

that I spake not to you concerning bread ? but 3 beware 

of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees ? 

Then understood they how that he bade them not beware 

of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, 4 but of the 

doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 

And they 5 come to Bethsaida ; and they bring a blind 

man unto him, and besought him to touch 
Mar. viii. 22-26. f 

him. And he took the blind man by the 
hand, and led him out of the town ; and when he had 
spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked 
him if he saw aught. And he looked up, and said, I 
see men, because I see them 6 as trees walking. After 
that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and 7 he saw 
and was restored, and saw everything clearly. And he 
sent him away to his house, saying, go not 8 into the 
town. 

l omit and * 2 they said, Seven 

3 concerning bread, that ye should beware 

4 of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine 

5 And he cometh 6 see men as trees walking 

7 and made him look up : and he was restored, and saw every man 
clearly. 

8 Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. 

a Matt. xiv. 16-21; Mar. vi. 37-44; Lk. ix. 13-17; Jno. vi. 5-13. 
b Matt. xv. 32-38; Mar. viii. 1-9. 



peter's confession. 



107 



And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the town 
of Caesarea Philippi : and by the way it Matt xy . ig 
came to pass, as he was alone praying, Mar. viii. 27-ix. 1. 
his disciples were with him ; and he asked Lk " 1X ' 18 ~ 2 '' 
them, saying, Whom do men say that the Son of man 
is? 1 And they said, Some, John the Baptist: some, 
Elias : and others, Jeremias, or that one of the old 
prophets is risen again. He saith unto them, But whom 
say ye that I am ? And Simon Peter answered and 
said, Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God. 
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art 
thou, Simon Bar-Jona : for flesh and blood hath not 
revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, a and 
upon this rock I will build my church b : and the gates 
of hell shall not prevail against it. 2 1 will give unto 
thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven : and whatsoever 
thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ; and 
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shalt be loosed in 
heaven. 0 Then he straitly charged the 3 disciples and 
commanded that they should tell no man that he was 8 
the Christ. 

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his 
disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suf- 
fer many things and be rejected of the elders and chief 
priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again 
the third day. Then Peter took him, and began to re- 

1 say that I, the Son of Man, am? 2 And I will give 

3 his disciples 4 he was Jesus the Christ, 

a See Jno. i. 42. *> Acts ii. 14, 37, 41 ; viii. 14, etc. ; x, 

c Matt, xviii. 18; Jno. xx. 23. 



108 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 



buke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord ! this shall 
not be unto thee. -But when he had turned about and 
looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and saith, 1 
Get thee behind me, Satan ! for thou art an offence unto 
me : for thou savorest not the things that be of God, 
but those that be of men. 

And when he had called the people with his disciples 
also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, 
let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and 
follow me. a For whosoever will save his life shall lose 
it ; but whosoever will lose his life for my sake and the 
gospel's, the same shall save it. For what shall a man 
be 2 profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose 
his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for 
his soul ? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me 
and of my words in this adulterous and sinful genera- 
tion ; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, 
when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy 
angels. Then he shall reward every man according to his 
works. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, 
That there be some of them that stand here, which shall 
not taste of death, till they have seen the Son of man 
coming in his kingdom with power. 

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and 
Matt xvii 1-13 ^ onn n ^ s brother, and bringeth them up 
Mar. ix. 2-13. into an high mountain apart, to pray. 
Lk. ix. 28 36. A n d. as he prayed the fashion of his coun- 
tenance was altered, and was transfigured before them : b 



1 saying, Get thee 
a Matt. x. 38; Lk. xiv. 27. 



2 what is a man profited 
bJno. i. 14; 2 Pet. i. 16-18. 



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109 



and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment became 
shining, exceeding white 1 as the light ; so as no fuller 
on earth can white them. And behold, there talked 
with him two men, which were Moses and Elias ; who 
appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he 
should accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter and they 
that were with him were heavy with sleep ; and when 
they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men 
that stood with him. And it came to pass, as they 
departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is 
good for us to be here ; and let us make three taber- 
nacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for 
Elias : not knowing what he sa^ ; for they became sore 
afraid. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud over- 
shadowed them ; and they feared as they entered into 
the cloud. And there came a voice out of the cloud, 
saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased : hear ye him. And when the disciples heard 
they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus 
came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not 
afraid. And suddenly, when the voice was past, \_and~\ 
they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, 
save Jesus only with themselves. And as they came 
down from the mountain, he charged them that they 
should tell no man what things they had seen, till the 
Son of man were risen from the dead. And they kept 
that saying with themselves, and told no man in those 
days any of those things which they had seen, question- 



l exceeding white as snow 



110 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 



ing one with another what the rising from the dead 
should mean. 

And the 1 disciples asked him, saying, Why then say 
the Pharisees and 2 the scribes that Elias must first come ? 
And he 3 answered and said, Elias truly cometh first, and 
restoreth all things ; a and how it is written of the Son 
of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at 
nought. But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, 
and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, 
as it is written of him. Then the disciples understood 
that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. 

1 his disciples 2 omit the Pharisees and 

8 And Jesus answered and ^id unto them, Elias 

a Mai. iv. 4, 5; Comp. Lk. i. 16, 17; Matt, xi. 14. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



EVENTS BETWEEN THE TRANSFIGURATION AND THE 
FEAST OF TABERNACLES. 

And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they 
were come down from the hill, and came , r ,, .. M 

3 Matt. xvn. 14-21. 

to the disciples, they 1 saw a great mul- Mar. ix. 14-29. 
titude about them, and the scribes ques- Lk * 1X * 37 ~ 43, 
tioning with them. And straightway all the people, 
when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running 
to him, saluted him. And he asked them, 2 What ques- 
tion ye with them ? And, behold, a man of the company 
cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee look upon my 
son, which hath a dumb spirit ; for he is mine only child. 
.And, lo ! he is lunatick, and sore vexed ; for ofttimes a 
spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out, and he 
falleth into the fire, and oft into the water ; and it 
teareth him that he foameth again, and gnasheth the 3 
teeth, and pineth away ; and bruising him, hardly de- 
parteth from him. And I besought thy disciples to cast 
him out ; and they could not. And Jesus answering said, 
O faithless and perverse generation ! how long shall I 
be with you ? how long shall I suffer you ? bring him 
unto me. And they brought him unto him ; and when 
he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him ; and he fell 

1 And when he came to his disciples, he saw 2 he asked the scribes 
3 gnasheth with his teeth 
111 



112 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 



on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked 

his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him ? 
And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him 
into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him ; but if 
thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help 
us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things 
are possible to him that believeth. 1 Straightway the 
father of the child cried out, and said, 2 1 believe ; help 
thou mine unbelief. When Jesus saw that the people 
came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, say- 
ing unto him, Dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come 
out of him, and enter no more into him. And the spirit 
cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him ; and he 
was as one dead : insomuch that many said, He is dead. 
But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up ; and 
he arose ; and the child was cured from that very hour. 
And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. 
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, when he was 
come into the house, and said, Why could not we cast 
him out ? And he saith 3 unto them, Because of your 
little faith : 4 for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith 
as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this moun- 
tain, Remove hence to yonder place ; and it shall remove ; 
and nothing shall be impossible unto you. And he said 
unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by 
prayer. 5 

And they departed thence, and passed through Gal- 



1 And straightway 

3 And Jesus said 

5 but by prayer and fasting 



2 and said with tears, Lord, I believe 
4 your unbelief 



THE TRIBUTE MONEY. 



113 



ilee : and he would not that any man should know it 
But while they wondered everv one at ^ 

J i Matt. xvn. 22, 23. 

all things which he 1 did, he said unto his Mar. ix. 30-32. 
disciples, Let these sayings sink down ■ Lt - 1X * 43_45, 
into your ears ; for the Son of man shall be betrayed \_and~^ 
delivered into the hands of men : and they shall kill him ; 
and after that he is killed, the third day he shall be raised 
again. And they were exceeding sorry ; but they under- 
stood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they 
perceived it not; and they feared to ask him of that saying. 

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that 
received tribute came to Peter, and said, Matt. xvii. 24-27. 
Doth not your master pay tribute ? He Mar - ix - S3 - 
saith, Yes. And when he was entering 2 into the house, 
Jesus prevented him, saying, Yfhat thinkest thou, Si- 
mon ? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom 
or tribute ? of their own children or of strangers ? And 
when he saith, 3 Of strangers, Jesus saith unto him, Then 
are the children free. Notwithstanding, lest we should 
offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and 
take up the fish that first cometh up ; and when thou 
hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : 
that take, and give unto them for me and thee. 

And being in the house he asked them, What was it 
that ye disputed 4 by the way ? But they j^ att ^ 
held their peace : for by the way they had Mar. ix. 33-37. 
disputed among themselves, who should be Lk ' lx ' 46_48 ' 
the greatest. And Jesus knowing 5 the thought of their 

1 which Jesus did 2 was come into 3 Peter saith unto him, of strangers. 
4 disputed among yourselves 5 perceiving the thought 

8* 



114 THE EVANGELISTS* LIFE OF OUR LORD. 



heart, sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto 
them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be 
last of all, and servant of all. And he took a child, and 
set him in the midst of them : and when he had taken 
him in his arms, he said unto them, Verily I say unto 
you, Except ye be converted, and become as little chil- 
dren, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little 
child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my 
name receiveth me : and whosoever shall receive me, 
receiveth not me, but him that sent me : for he that is 
least among you all, the same is 1 great. 

And John answered and said, Master, we saw one 
,„ casting out devils in thy name ; and we 

Matt. x. 42. & J 9 

Mar. ix. 38-41. forbad him, because he followeth not with 
Lk. ix. 49, 50. ug> But j egus gaid? F or bid him not : for 

there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, 
that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not 
against us is on our part. For whosoever shall give to 
drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water 
only in the name of a disciple, because ye belong to 
Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose 
his reward. 

Then said he unto his 2 disciples, whosoever shall 
offend one of these little ones which believe 



Mar. ix. 42-50. in me, it were better for him that a mill 



Matt, xviii. 6-9. 
Mar. ix. 42-50. 

Lk. xvn. l, 2. s tone were hanged about his neck, and he 
were drowned in the depth of the sea. 

l shall be great - 2 unto the disciples 



PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP. 



115 



Woe unto the world because of offences ! for it must 
needs be that offences come ; but woe to the 1 man by 
whom the offence cometh ! Wherefore if thy hand or 
thy foot offend thee, cut it off, and cast it 2 from thee : it 
is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather 
than having two hands or two feet to be cast into ever- 
lasting fire. 3 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, 
and cast it from thee : it is better for thee to enter into 
the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes 
to be cast into hell. 4 Where their worm dieth not, and 
the fire is not quenched. a For every one shall be salted 
with fire. 6 

Salt is good : but if the salt have lost its saltness, 
wherewith will ye season it? have salt in yourselves, 
and have peace one with another. 

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little 
ones ; for I say unto you, that in heaven Matt xviii 10 _35. 
their angels do always behold the face Lk - xvii - 3 > 4 - 
of my Father which is in heaven. 6 How think ye? b if 
a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone 
astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth 
into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone 

l to that man 2 cut them off, and cast them from thee 

3 Mar. ix. ver. 44 and 46. Where their worm dieth not, and the lire is 
not quenched. 

4 into the fire that never shall be quenched. Mar. ix. 47, hell fire 

5 salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 

6 Matt, xviii. 11. For the Son of man is come to save that which was 
lost. 

a Isa. lxvi. 24. For their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be 
quenched, 
b Comp. Lk. xv. S-7. 



116 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 



astray ? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto 
you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety 
and nine which went not astray. Even so it is not the 
will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these 
little ones should perish. 

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass, 1 go, 2 tell him 
his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear 
thee, thou hast gained thy brother: and if he repent, 
forgive him. But if he will not hear, take with thyself 3 
one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three 
witnesses every word may be established. 11 And if he 
shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but 
if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as 
an heathen man and a publican. 

Verily I say unto you ; Whatsoever ye shall bind on 
earth shall be bound in heaven : and whatsoever ye shall 
loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say 
unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth, as 
touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done 
for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where 
two or three are gathered together in my name, there 
am I in the midst of them. 

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall 
my brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? till seven 
times ? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until 
seven times : but, Until seventy times seven. And if 
he trespass against thee seven times in a cTay, and seven 

1 trespass against thee 2 go and tell 3 take with thee 

a Deut. xix. 15. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of 
three witnesses shall the matter be established. 



THE KING RECKONING WITH HIS SERVANTS. 117 



times 1 turn again to thee, saying, I repent : thou shalt 
forgive him. 

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a 
certain king, which would take account of his servants. 
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought 
unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents ; but 
forasmuch as he had not to pay, the 2 lord commanded 
him to be sold, and 3 wife and children and all that he 
had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore 
fell down, and worshipped him, saying, 4 have patience 
with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that 
servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and 
forgave him the debt. But the same servant went out, 
and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him 
an hundred pence ; and he laid hands on him, and took 
him by the throat, saying, Pay whatsoever 5 thou owest. 
And his fellowservant fell down, 6 and besought him, 
saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee. 7 
And he would not : but went and cast him into prison, 
till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow-servants 
saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and 
told unto the 8 lord all that was done. Then his lord, 
after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou 
wicked servant ! I forgave thee all that debt, because 
thou desiredst me ; shouldest not thou also have com- 
passion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on 
thee ? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to 

1 seven times in a day turn again 2 his lord commanded 

3 and his wife 4 saying, Lord, have patienco 

5 Pay me that thou 6 fell down at his feet, and 

7 pay thee all 8 unto their lord 



118 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 



the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto 
him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also 
unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one 
his brother. 1 

Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. His 
brethren therefore said unto him, Depart 
Mar. x. l. ' hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples 

Lk. ix. 51-56. a } so ma y see ^} ie WO rks that thou doest. For 
Jno. vii. 2-10. J 

no man doeth any thing in secret, and he 
himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these 
things, shew thyself to the world. For neither did his 
brethren believe in him. 2 Jesus said unto them, My 
time is not yet come : but your time is alway ready. 
The world cannot hate you ; but me it hateth, because 
I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Go ye 
up unto the 3 feast: I go not up 4 unto this feast; for my 
time is not yet full come. When he had said these 
words, he himself 5 abode in Galilee. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these 
sayings, when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, 6 
when the time was come that he should be received up, 
he departed from Galilee, [Vmef] steadfastly set his face 
to go to Jerusalem, not openly, but 7 in secret. And 
sent messengers before his face : and they went and en- 
tered into a city 8 of the Samaritans to make ready for 
him. And they did not receive him, because his face 

1 his brother their trespasses. 2 Then Jesus said 

3 unto this feast 4 I go not up yet unto 

5 had said these words unto them, he abode still 

6 were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast 

1 but as it were in secret « intp a village 



THE SEVENTY SENT FORTH. 



119 



was as though lie would p'o to Jerusalem. And when 
the 1 disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, 
wilt thou that we command lire to come clown from 
heaven and consume them? 2 But he turned and re- 
buked them. 3 And they went to another village. 

And 4 as they went in the way, a certain scribe came 
and said unto him, Lord, I will follow Matt. viii. 19-22. 
thee withersoever thou goest. And Jesus Lk> 1X> °'~ 62, 
said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air 
have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay 
his head. And he said unto another, Follow me. But he 
said, 5 Suffer me first to go and bury my father. He 6 said 
unto him, Let the dead bury their dead ; but go thou 
and preach the kingdom of God. And another also 
said, Lord, I will follow thee ; but let me first go bid 
them farewell, which are at home at my house. And 
Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to 
the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of 
God. 

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy 

also, and sent them a two and two before his T1 ., 

? < Lk. x. 1-11. 

face into every city and place, whither he 
himself would come. 

And he 7 said unto them, The harvest truly is great, but 

l his disciples 2 consume them, even as Elias did? 

3 rebuked them, and said, Ye, know not what manner of spirit ye are 
of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save 
them. And they 

4 And it came to pass, that, as they went 5 Lord, suffer me 
6 Jesus said 7 Therefore said he unto them 

a Comp. Matt. x. 5, etc.; Mar. vi. 7, etc. 



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the laborers are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of the 
harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his har- 
vests Go your ways : behold I send you forth as lambs 
among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor 
shoes : ] salute no man by the way. And into what- 
soever house ye enter, first say, Peace to this house. 
And if a 2 son of peace be there, your peace shall rest 
upon it : if not, it shall turn to you again. And in the 
same house remain, eating and drinking such things as 
they give : for the laborer is worthy of his hire. b Go 
not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye 
enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set 
before you : and heal the sick that are therein, and say 
unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 
But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you 
not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and 
say, Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth to 
us on our feet 3 we do wipe off against you: notwith- 
standing be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is 
come nigh. 4 

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of 
Matt. xi. 20-24. n ^ s mighty works were done, because they 
Lk. x. 12-16. repented not : Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! 
woe unto thee, Bethsaicla ! c for if the mighty works, 
which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and 
Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in 
sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be 

1 and salute no man 2 the son of peace 

3 cleaveth on us, we do wipe 4 come nigh unto you 

a Matt. ix. 37, 38; Jno. iv. 35. b Comp. 1 Tim. v. 18; 1 Cor. ix. 14. 
e Matt, x. 15; Mar. vi. 11. 



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121 



more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judg- 
ment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, art thou 1 
exalted unto heaven ? thou shalt be brought down to 
hell : for if the mighty works, which have been clone in 
thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained 
until this clay. But I say unto you, That it shall be 
more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the clay of 
judgment, than for thee. He that heareth you heareth 
me ; a and he that despiseth you despise th. me ; and he 
that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. 

And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he 
passed through the midst of Samaria and 

*L vi aii i • . Lk. xvii. 11-19. 

(Galilee. And as he entered into a certain 
village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which 
stood afar off : and they lifted up their voices, and said. 
Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw 
them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the 
priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they 
were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he 
was healed, turned back, and w T ith a loud voice glorified 
God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him 
thanks : and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering 
said, Were there not ten cleansed ? 2 where are the nine ? 
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, 
save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy 
way : thy faith hath made thee w T hole. 

1 Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be 

2 but where are 

a Matt. x. 40; Lk. ix. 48; Jno. xiii. 20. 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES, AND UNTIL THE RE TURN' 
OF THE SEVENTY. 

Then the Jews sought him at the feast, a and said, 

Where is he ? And there was much mur- 
Jno. vii. 11-52. . . 

muring among the multitudes 1 concerning 

him : for some said, He is a good man ; others said, Nay; 
but he deceiveth the people. Howbeit no man spake 
openly of him for fear of the Jews. 

Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into 
the temple, and taught. The Jews therefore 2 marvelled, 
saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never 
learned ? Jesus therefore 3 answered them, and said, My 
doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man 
will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether 
it be of God, or I speak of myself. He that speaketh 
of himself seeketh his own glory ; but he that seeketh 
his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unright- 
eousness is in him. Did not Moses give you the law, b 
and none of you keepeth the law ? Why go ye about to 
kill me? The people answered, 4 Thou hast a devil; 
who goeth about to kill thee ? Jesus answered and said 

1 among the people 2 And the Jews marvelled 

3 omit therefore 4 answered and said 

a Comp. Jno. xi. 56. t> Exod. xxiv. 3; Deut. xxvii. 1, 9, 11, etc. 
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123 



unto them, I have clone one work, and ye all marvel. 
Moses 1 gave unto you circumcision ; a not because it is 
of Moses, but of the fathers : b and ye £n the sabbath 
day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day 
receive circumcision, that the law which is 2 of Moses 
should not be broken ; are ye angry at me, because I 
have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day ? 
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge right- 
eous judgment. 

Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, 
whom they seek to kill ? But, lo, he speaketh boldly, 
and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know 
indeed that this is the 3 Christ ? Howbeit we know this 
man whence he is : c but when Christ cometh, no man 
knoweth whence he is. Then cried Jesus in the temple 
as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know 
whence I am : and I am not come of myself, but he that 
sent me is true, whom ye know not. 4 1 know him ; for 
I am from him, and he hath sent me. Then they sought 
to take him : but no man laid hands on him, because his 
hour was not yet come. And many of the people 
believed on him, and said, "When Christ cometh, will he 
do more miracles than these which this man doeth ? 5 

The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such 
things concerning him ; and the Pharisees and the chief 
priests sent officers to take him. Then said Jesus, 6 Yet 

l Moses therefore gave 2 omit which is 

3 the very Christ 4 But I know 

5 than these which this man hath done? 6 said Jesus unto them 

a Lev. xii. 3. b Gen. xvii. 10-14. 

c Comp. Matt. xiii. 55; Mar. vi. 3; Lk. iv. 23, etc. 



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a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that 
sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me : and 
where I am, ye cannot come. Then said the Jews 
among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not 
find him ? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gen- 
tiles, and teach the Gentiles ? What saying is this that 
he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me : and 
where I am, ye cannot come ? 

In the last day, that great day of the feast, a Jesus 
stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come, 1 
and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture 
hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living 
water . b (But this spake he of the Spirit, 0 which they 
that believe on him should receive : for the Spirit 2 was 
not yet given ; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 
Some 3 of the people therefore, when they heard these 
sayings, 4 said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Others 
said, This is the Christ. Others 5 said, Shall Christ come 
out of Galilee ? Hath not the scripture said, That Christ 
cometh of the seed of David, d and out of the town of 
Bethlehem, 6 where David was ? f So there was a divis- 
ion among the people because of him. And some of 
them would have taken him : but no man laid hands on 
'him. 

Then came the officers to the chief priests and Phar- 
isees ; and they said unto them, Why have ye not 

l come unto me, and 2 for the Holy Ghost was not 

3 Many of the people 4 this saying 5 But some said 

a Lev. xxiii. 36. b Isa. lv. 1. c Comp. Joel. ii. 28. 

d Ps. lxxxix. 3, 4; cxxxii. 11 ; Jer. xxiii. 5, etc. e Mic. v. 1, 2. 
f 1 Sam. xvi. 1, 4, etc. 



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brought him ? The officers answered, Never man spake 
thus as this man speaketh. 1 The Pharisees answered 
them, 2 Are ye also deceived ? Have any of the rulers 
or of the Pharisees believed on him ? But this people 
who knoweth not the law are cursed. Nicodemus saith 
unto them, 3 being one of them, Doth our law judge any 
man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth ? 
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of 
Galilee ? Search, and look : for out of Galilee, ariseth 
no prophet. 3, 

4 [And every man went unto his own house. Jesus 
went unto the mount of Olives. And 

. ' . Jno.vii.53-viii.ll. 

early in the morning he came again into 

the temple, and all the people came unto him : and he 
sat down, and taught them. And the scribes and Phar- 
isees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery ; and 
when they had set her in the midst, they said unto him, 
Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very 
act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, b that such 
should be stoned ; but what sayest thou ? This they 
said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. 
But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on 

1 Never man spake like this man 

2 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye 

3 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being 
one of them,) 

4 The paragraph, Jno. vii 53-viii. 11, is omitted by most critical editors 
in accordance with the earliest and best Greek MSS. Some MSS. con- 
tain the passage marked with asterisks. r J$ie text varies very much in 
the MSS. which give it. The authorized version is printed above with- 
out reference to these variations. 

a Deut. xviii. 18, etc. b Lev. xx. 10; Deut. xxii. 22. 



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the ground. So when they continued asking him, he 
lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without 
sin among you, let him first a cast a stone at her. And 
again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And 
they which heard, being convicted by conscience, went 
out one by one, beginning at the eldest, unto the last : 
and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the 
midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none 
but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are 
those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, 
Neither do I condemn thee : go, and sin no more.] 
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the 
li^ht of the world : he that followeth me 

Jno. viii. 12-59. ° . ' ■ 

shall not walk m darkness, but shall have 
the light of life. The Pharisees therefore said unto 
him, Thou bearest record of thyself ; thy record is not 
true. Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I 
bear record of myself, my record is true : for I know 
whence I came, and whither I go: 1 ye cannot tell 
whence I come, or 2 whither I go. Ye judge after the 
flesh : I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judg- 
ment is true : for I am not alone, but I and He 3 that 
sent me. It is also written in your law, that the testi- 
mony of two men is true. b I am one that bear witness 
of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness 
of me. Then said they unto him, Where is thy father? 
Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father : 

1 but ye cannot 2 and whither 3 and the Father that rent 

a Comp. Dent. xvii. 7. b Deut. xvii. 6; xix. 15. 



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127 



if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father 
also. 

These words spake He 1 in the treasury, as he taught 
in the temple : and no man laid hands on him ; for his 
hour was not yet come. 

Then said He 2 again unto them, I go my way, and ye 
shall seek me, and shall die in your sins : whither I go, 
ye cannot come. Then said the Jews, Will he kill him- 
self? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath ; I am from 
above : ye are of this world ; I am not of this world. I 
said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins : 
for if ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your 
sins. Then said they unto him, Who art thou ? 3 Jesus 
saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from 
the beginning. I have many things to say and to judge 
of you : but he that sent me is true ; and I speak to 
the world those things which I have heard of him. They 
understood not that he spake to them of the Father. 

Then said Jesus, 4 When ye have lifted up the Son of 
man, then shall ye know that I am He, and that I do 
nothing of myself ; but as the 5 Father hath taught me, 
I speak these things. ( And he that sent me is with me : 
He G hath not left me alone ; for I do always those things 
that please him. 

As he spake these words many believed on him. 
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, 



l spake Jesus 

3 And Jesus saith 

5 my Father 



2 said Jesus 

4 Then said Jesus unto them 
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If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples in- 
deed ; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall 
make you free. 

They answered him, We be„Abraham's seed, and were 
never in bondage to any man : a how sayest thou, Ye 
shall be made free ? 

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Whosoever, committeth sin is the servant of sin. And 
the servant abideth not in the house for ever : but the 
Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you 
free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that ye are Abra- 
ham's seed ; but ye seek to kill me, because my word 
hath no place in you. I speak that which I have seen 
with the 1 Father ; and ye do that which ye have heard 
with your 2 father. 

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our 
father. 

Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's chil- 
dren, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now 
ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, 
which I have heard of God : this did not Abraham. Ye 
do the deeds of your father. 

They 8 said to him, We be not born of fornication ; 
we have one Father, even God. 

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye 
would love me; for I proceeded forth and came from 
God ; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why 
do ye not understand my speech ? even because ye can- 

1 my Father 2 ye have seen with your father 3 Then said they 
a Comp. Lev. xxv. 39-42. 



JESUS TEACHES IN THE TEMPLE. 129 

not hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and 
the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer 
from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because 
there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he 
speaketh of his own ; for he is a liar, and the father of 
it. And because I tell the truth, ye believe me not. 
Which of you convinceth me of sin ? 1 If I say the truth, 
why do ye not believe me ? He that is of God heareth 
God's words ; ye therefore hear not, because ye are not 
of God. 

The Jews 2 answered and said unto him, Say we not 
well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil ? 

Jesus answered, I have not a devil ; but I honor my 
Father, and ye do dishonor me. And I seek not mine 
own glory : there is One that seeketh and judgeth. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my say- . 
ing, he shall never see death. 

The Jews said 3 unto him, Now we know that thou 
hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets : and 
thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never 
taste of death ! Art thou greater than our father 
Abraham, which is dead ?- and the prophets are dead : 
whom makest thou thyself? 

Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is noth- 
ing : it is my Father that honoreth me ; of whom ye 
say, that he is our 4 God : yet ye have not known him ; 
but I know him : and if I should say, I know him not, 
I shall be a liar like unto you : but I know him, and 



l And if I say 

3 Then said the Jews 

9 



2 Then answered the Jews 
4 he is your God 



130 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 



keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see 
my day : and he saw it, and was glad. 

Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty 
years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Before Abraham was, I am. a Then took they up stones 
to cast at him ; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of 
the temple. 1 

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was 

blind from birth. And his disciples asked 
Jno. ix. l-x.21. . # i • 

mm, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, 

or his parents, that he was born blind ? Jesus answered, 

neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents ; but that 

the works of God should be made manifest in him. 

We 2 must work the works of him that sent us, while it 

is day : the night cometh, when no man can work. As 

long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground and 

made clay of the spittle, and he anointed his eyes with 

the clay. 3 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of 

Siloam, b (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went 

his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. 

The neighbors therefore, and they which before had 

seen him that he was a beggar, 4 said, Is not this he 

that sat and begged ? Some said, this is he : others 

said, No, but he 5 is like him : but he said, I am he. 

1 add going through the midst of them, and so passed by. 

2 I must work sent me 3 anointed the eyes of the blind man 

4 that he was blind 5 others said, He is like 

a Comp. Ex. lii. 4. b Neh. iii. 15. 



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131 



Therefore said they unto him, How then 1 were thine 
eyes opened ? He answered, 2 A man that is called 
Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto 
me, Go to 3 Siloam, and wash : I went therefore, 4 and 
washed, and I received sight. They 5 said unto him, 
Where is he ? He said, I know not. 

They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime 
was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus 
made the clay, and opened his eyes. Then again the 
Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. 
He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I 
washed, and do see. Therefore said some of the Phar- 
isees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not 
the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a 
sinner do such miracles ? And there was a division 
among them. They say therefore 6 unto the blind man 
again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened 
thine eyes ? He said, He is a prophet. But the Jews 
did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, 
and received his sight, until they called the parents of 
him that had received his sight. And they asked them, 
saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind ? 
how then doth he now see ? His parents answered 
therefore, 7 and said, We know that this is our son, and 
that he was born blind : but by what means he now 
seeth, we know not ; or who hath opened his eyes, we 
know not : he is of age ; ask him : he shall speak for 

1 omit then 2 He answered and said, 

3 Go to the pool of Siloam 4 and I went and washed 

5 Then said they unto him 6 omit therefore 

7 answered them and said 



132 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 



himself. These words spake his parents, because they 
feared the Jews : for the Jews had agreed already, that 
if any man did coofess that he was Christ, he should be 
put out of the synagogue. Therefore said his parents, 
He is of age ; ask him. 

Then again called they the man that was blind, and 
said unto him, Give God the praise : we know that this 
man is a sinner. He answered, 1 whether he be a sinner 
I know not ; one* thing I know, that, whereas I was 
blind, now I see. They said therefore 2 to him, What 
did he to thee ? how opened he thine eyes ? He an- 
swered them, I have told you already, and ye did not 
hear : wherefore would ye hear again ? will ye also be 
his disciples ? 3 They reviled him, and said, Thou art his 
disciple ; but we are Moses' disciples. We know that 
God spake unto Moses : as for this fellow, we know not 
from -whence he is. The man answered and said unto 
them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know 
not from whence he is, and he hath opened mine eyes. 
Now we know that God heareth not sinners : but if any 
man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him 
he heareth. Since the world began was it not heard 
that any man opened the eyes of one that was born 
blind. If this man were not of God, he could do noth- 
ing. They answered and said unto him, Thou wast 
altogether born in sins ! and dost thou teach us ? And 
they cast him out. 

Jesus heard that they had cast him out ; and when 

1 He answered and said, 2 Then said they to him again 

3 Then they reviled 



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133 



he had found him, he said, 1 Dost thou believe on the 
Son of Man? 2 He answered and said, and 3 who is he, 
Lord, that I might believe on him ? 4 Jesus said unto 
him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh 
with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he 
worshipped him. And Jesus said, For judgment I am 
come into this world, that they which see not might see ; 
and that they which see might be made blind. 

5 Some of the Pharisees which were with him heard, 6 
and said unto him, Are we blind also ? Jesus said unto 
them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin : but now 
ye say, We see ; 7 your sin remaineth. Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into 
the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same 
is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the 
door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter 
openeth ; and the sheep hear his voice : and he calleth 
his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 8 When 
he putteth forth all his own, ,J he goeth before them, and 
the sheep follow him : for they know his voice. And 
a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him : 
for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable 
spake Jesus unto them : but they understood not what 
things they were which he spake unto them. 

Then said Jesus unto them again, Yerily, verily, I 
say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that 
ever came 10 are thieves and robbers : but the sheep did 

l he said unto him 2 the Son of God 

3 omit and 4 And Jesus said 

5 And some of the Pharisees 6 heard these words, and said 

7 We see; therefore your sin 8 And when he putteth 

9 forth his own sheep 10 ever came before me are thieves 



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not hear them. I am the door : by me if any man enter 
in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find 
pasture. The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to 
kill, and to destroy : I am come that they might have 
life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I 
am the good shepherd : the good shepherd giveth his 
life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not 
the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the 
wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth ; and 
the wolf catcheth and scattereth them, 1 because he. is an 
hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good 
shepherd, and know mine, and mine know me. 2 As the 
Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father : and I 
lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I 
have, which are not of this fold : them also I must bring, 
and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one 
fold and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love 
me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it 
again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down 
of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have 
power to take it again. This commandment have I 
received of mj Father. 

There was a division 3 again among the Jews for these 
sayings. Therefore 4 many of them said, He hath a 
devil, and is mad ; why hear ye him ? Others said, 
These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can 
a devil open the eyes of the blind ? 

1 catcheth them and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth because 
he is. 

2 and know my sheep, and am known of mine 

o a division therefore again 4 And many of them said 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE RETURN OF THE SEVENTY, AND UNTIL THE 
FEAST OF DEDICATION. 

And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, 
Lord, even the devils are subject unto us , r . otr OA 

7 J Matt. xi. 25-80; 

through thy name ! And he said unto xiii. 16, 17. 
them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from Lk ' x ' 1 '~ 24, 
heaven. Behold, I have given 1 unto you power to tread 
on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of 
the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are 
subject unto you; but 2 rejoice because your names are 
written in heaven. 

In that hour He rejoiced in the Holy spirit, 3 and said, 
I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that 
thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, 
and hast revealed them unto babes : even so, Father ; 
for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are 
delivered unto me of my Father : and no man knoweth 
the Son, but the Father ; neither knoweth any man the 
Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son 
will reveal him. 

Come unto me, all that labor and are heavy laden, 

1 Behold, I give unto you 2 but rather rejoice 

3 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said 



136 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 



and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and 
learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly in heart : and ye 
shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, 
and my burden is light. 

And he turned him unto his disciples, and said pri- 
vately, Blessed are your eyes, for they see : and your 
ears, for they hear ! 1 Verily I say unto you, that many 
prophets and righteous men and kings have desired to 
see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; 
and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not 
heard them. 

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting 2 him, 

saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eter- 
Lk. x. 25-37. TT ., ™ T1 

rial lite r He said unto him, What is written 
in the law ? how readest thou ? And he answering said, 
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and 
with all thy mind ; and thy neighbor as thyself. And 
he said unto him, Thou hast answered right : this do, 
and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, 
said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor ? 3 Jesus an- 
swering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem 
to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him 
of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving 
him half dead. And by chance there came down a cer- 
tain priest that way : and when he saw him, he passed 
by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he 
was at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the 
other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, 

1 For verily I say 2 and tempted him 3 And Jesus answering 



THE VISIT TO MARTHA AND MARY. 



137 



came where he was : and when he saw him, he had 
compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his 
wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own 
beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 
And on the morrow 1 he took out two pence, and gave 
them to the host, and said, 2 Take care of him ; and what- 
soever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will 
repay thee. Which 3 of these three, thinkest thou, was 
neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves ? And 
he said, He that shewed mercy on him. 4 And said Jesus 
unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. 

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered 
into a certain village : and a certain woman 
named Martha received him into the° house. 
And she had a sister called- Mary, which also sat at the 
Lord's 6 feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cum- 
bered about much serving, and came to him, and said, 
Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to 
serve alone ? bid her therefore that she help me. And 
the Lord 7 answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, 
thou art careful and troubled about many things : but 
one thing is needful : for 8 Mary hath chosen that good 
part, which shall not be taken away from her. 

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a cer- 
tain place, when he ceased, one of his dis- Matt. vii. 7-11. 
ciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to Lk-* 1 - 1 - 13 - 
pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said 

1 And on the morrow, when he departed, he took 

2 and said unto him, Take 3 Which now of these 
4 Then said Jesus 5 into her house 

6 at Jesus's feet 7 And Jesus answered 8 and Mary hath 



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unto them, When ye pray, say, 1 Father, Hallowed be 
thy name. Thy kingdom come. 2 Give us day by day 
our daily bread. And forgive us our sins ; for we also 
forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us 
not into temptation. 3 And he said unto them, Which 
of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at 
midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three 
loaves ; for a friend of mine, in his journey is come to 
me, and I have nothing to set before him ? And he 
from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not : the 
door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed ; 
I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, though he 
will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet 
because of his importunity a he will rise and give him as 
many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, and it 
shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and 
it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh 
receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that 
knocketh it shall be opened. 

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, 
will he give him a stone ? or 4 he ask a fish, will he for 
a fish give him a serpent ? Or if he shall ask an egg, 
will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, 
know how to give good gifts unto your children : how 
much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy 
Spirit to them that ask him ! 

1 Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed 

2 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 

3 not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil. 4 or if he ask a fish 

a Comp. Lk. xviii. 1-6. 



HYPOCRISY OF THE PHARISEES. 



1-39 



And as he spake, a Pharisee beseecheth 1 him to dine 
with him : and he went in, and sat down , r ,, ... . 

' Matt. xxm. 4-39. 

to meat. And when the Pharisee saw Lk. xi. 87-54; 
it, he marvelled that he had not first ^i- 34 * 35 - 
washed before dinner. And the Lord said unto him, 
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, 
but within they are full of extortion, wickedness, and 
excess. Blind Pharisee ! cleanse first that which is 
within the cup, 2 that the outside of it 8 may be clean also. 
Fools ! did not he that made that which is without 
make that which is within also ? But rather give alms 
of such things as ye have ; and, behold, all things are 
clean unto you. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cum- 
min and rue and all manner of herbs, and have omitted 
the weighter matters of the law, judgment, mercy, faith, 
and the love of God : these ought ye to have done, and 
not to leave the other undone. Blind guides ! which 
strain out 4 a gnat, and swallow a camel. But all their 
works they do for to be seen of men : for 5 they make 
broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders, 6 and 
love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats 
in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets, and to 
be called of men, Rabbi! 7 But be not ye called Rabbi: 
for One is your Master, 8 and all ye are brethren. And call 
none your father upon the earth : for One is your heavenly 

l a certain Pharisee besought him 2 within the cup and platter, that 

3 outside of them 4 translated at a gnat, 

5 omit for 6 the borders of their garments 

7 Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 Your Master, even Christ. 



140 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. * 

Father. 1 Neither be ye called masters : for one is your 
Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you . 
shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt him- 
self shall be abased ; and he that shall humble himself 
shall be exalted. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
hypocrites ! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which 
indeed appear beautiful outward, and the men that walk 
over are not aware of - them, but are within full of dead 
men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also 
outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are 
full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 

Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, 
Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. And he 
said, Woe unto you also, lawyers ! for ye bind heavy 
burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on 
men's shoulders ; but ye yourselves touch not the bur- 
dens with one of your fingers. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish 
the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been 
in the days of our fathers, we would not have been 
partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves that ye 
are the children of them which killed the prophets, 
[and'] ye allow the deeds of your fathers : for they in- 
deed killed them, and ye build. 2 Fill ye up then the 
measure of your fathers. Serpents ! generation of 
vipers ! how can ye escape the damnation of hell ? 

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 

1 your Father which is in heaven. 2 build their sepulchres. 



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woe unto you lawyers ! for ye shut up the kingdom of 
heaven against men: for ye have taken away the key 
of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, and them 
that were entering in ye hindered. x Woe unto you, 
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye compass sea 
and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, 
ye make him twofold more the child of hell than your- 
selves. Woe unto you, blind guides ! which say, Who- 
soever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing ; but 
whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a 
debtor : Fools and blind ! for whether is greater, the 
gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, 
Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing ; but 
whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is 
guilty. 2 Blind! for whether is greater, the gift, or the 
altar that sanctifieth the gift? 3 Whoso therefore shall 
swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things 
thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, swear- 
eth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he 
that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of 
God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, behold, I send 
unto you prophets, and wise men, and apostles, and 
scribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; 
3 some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues,, and 
shall slay and persecute them from city to city : b that 

1 Matt, xxiii. 14. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 
for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer; 
therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 

2 Ye fools and blind ! 3 and some of them 
a Exod. xxix. 87; xxx. 29. b See 2 Chron. xxiv. 18-22. 



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upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon 
the earth, from the foundation of the world, from the 
blood of righteous Abel a unto the blood of Zacharias 
son of Barachias, b whom ye slew between the temple 
and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things 
shall come upon this generation. 

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, 
Matt, xxiii. 37-39. anc ^ stonest them which are sent unto 
Lk. xiii. 34, 25. thee, how often would I have gathered 
thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her brood 
under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your 
house is left unto you desolate. 0 For I say unto you, 
Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed 
is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. d 

And as he went thence 1 the scribes and the Pharisees 
Lk xi 53 54 began t0 urge hi m vehemently, and to pro- 
voke him to speak of many things : laying 
wait for him, 2 to catch something out of his mouth. 

In the mean time, when there were gathered together 
Matt. x. 26-33. an innumerable multitude of people, inso- 
Lk. xii. 1-9. much that they trode one upon another, he 
began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of 
the leaven of the Pharisees, 6 which is hypocrisy. Fear 
them not therefore : for there is nothing covered, that 
shall not be revealed ; and hid, that shall not be known. 

1 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes 

2 laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, 
that they might accuse him. 

a Gen. iv. 8. b 2 Chron. xxiv. 20, 21; see also, Zech. i. 1. 

c See Ps. lxix. 25; Jer. xii. 7; xxii. 5. d ps. cxviii. 26. 

e Matt. xvi. 6, 12. 



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What I tell you in darkness, speak ye in light, [ancT] 
whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard 
in the light ; and what ye hear in the ear, preach ye 
upon the housetops, and that which ye have spoken in the 
ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. 

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them 
that kill the body, and after that have no more that they 
can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: 
Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast 
both soul and body into hell ; yea, I say unto you, Fear 
him. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings ? and 
not one of them is forgotten before God. But even the 
very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not 
therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. 
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him 
will I, the Son of man, also confess before the angels of 
God [and~] before my Father which is in heaven. But 
whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also 
deny before the angels of God [and'] before my Father 
which is in heaven. a 

He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that 
receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 

______ i . _ . . Matt. x. 40, 41. 

He that receiveth a prophet m the name 
of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he 
that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a right- 
eous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. But 
beware of men : for they will deliver you Matt. x. 17-19. 
up to the councils, and they will scourge Lk - xn * u » 12 * 
you in their synagogues ; and ye shall be brought before 

a Comp. 2 Tim. ii. 12. 



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governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against 

them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up 

unto the synagogues, and magistrates, and powers, take 

ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or 

what ye shall say : for the Holy Ghost shall teach you 

in the same hour what ye ought to say. For it is not 

ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which 

speaketh in you. 

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak 

to my brother, that he divide the inherit- 
Lk.xii.ia-2l. J . . ^ 

ance with me. And he said unto him, Man, 

who made me a judge or a divider over you ? And he 
said unto them, Take heed, and beware of all 1 covetous- 
ness : for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance 
of the things which he possesseth. And he spake a par- 
able unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich 
man brought forth plentifully : and he thought within 
himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no 
room where to bestow my fruits ? And he said, This 
will I do : I will pull down my barns, and build greater ; 
and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods 
laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and 
be merry. But God said unto him, Fool ! this night thy 
soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those 
things be, which thou hast provided ? So is he that 
layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward 
God. 

And he said unto his disciples. Therefore I say unto 
1 omit all 



4 



the father's cake. 145 

you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; 1 
nor yet for your body, what ye shall put Matt. vi. 25-34. 
on. Is not the life more than meat, and Lk: xn * 22 ~ 31 - 
the body than raiment ? Behold the fowls of the air : 
for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into 
barns ; yet your heavenly Father feecleth them. Are ye 
not much better than they ? Which of you by taking 
thought can add one cubit unto his stature ? If ye 
then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take 
ye thought for the rest ? And why take ye thought for 
raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: 
they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet I say unto 
you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed 
like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the 
grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast 
into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye 
of little faith ? Therefore take no thought, saying, What 
shall we eat ? or, What shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal 
shall we be clothed ? neither be ye of doubtful mind. 
For after all these things do the Gentiles seek : for your 
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these 
things. But seek ye first his 2 kingdom and righteous* 
ness ; and all these things shall be added unto you. 
Take therefore no thought for the morrow : for the 
morrow shall take thought for 3 itself. Sufficient unto 
the clay is the evil thereof. 

1 what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink 

2 the kingdom of God and his righteousness ; 

3 for the things of itself 

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146 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

Fear not, little flock ; for it is your Father's good 
Matt, xxiv 43-51. pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell 
Lk. xii. 32-48. tnat y e h avej an $ g[ YG a i ms . provide 

yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the 
heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, 
neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also. Let your loins be girded 
about, and your lights burning ; and ye yourselves like 
unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return 
from the wedding ; that when he cometh and knocketh, 
they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are 
those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find 
watching : verily I say unto you, that he shall gird him- 
self, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come 
forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the 
second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them 
so, blessed are they. 1 And this know, that if the good- 
man of the house had known what hour the thief would 
come, he would have watched, and would not have suf- 
fered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also 
ready : for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of 
man cometh. 

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this 
parable unto us, or even to all? And the Lord said, 
Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his 
lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them 
their portion of meat in due season ? Blessed is that 
servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so 
doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make 
l blessed are those servants 



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him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that evil 
servant say in his heart, My lord delay eth his coming ; 
and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, the men-ser- 
vants and maidens, and to eat and drink with the drunken, 
and to be drunken ; the lord of that servant will come in 
a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when 
he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will ap- 
point him his portion with the unbelievers [and'] hypo- 
crites : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and pre- 
pared not, or 1 did according to his will, shall be beaten 
with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did com- 
mit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. 
For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be 
much required ; and to whom men have committed 
much, of him they will ask the more. 

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth : I 
came not to send peace, but a sword. I Matt. x. 34-36. 
am come to send fire on the earth; and Lk - xn - 49 -°<- 
what will I, if it be already kindled ? But I have a 
baptism to be baptized with ; and how am I straitened 
till it be accomplished ! Suppose ye that I am come to 
give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay ; but rather divis- 
ion : for from henceforth there shall be live in one house 
divided, three against two, and two against three. The 
father shall be divided against the son, and the son 
against the father ; the mother against the daughter, 
and the daughter against the mother ; the mother-in-law 
against the 2 daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law 
1 neither did 2 her daughter in law 



148 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

against the 1 mother-in-law. And a man's foes shall be 
they of his own household. 

And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud 
rise in 2 the west, straightway ye say, That 3 there cometh 
a shower ; and so it is. And when ye see the south 
wind blow, ye say, There will be heat ; and it cometh to 
pass. Hypocrites ! ye can discern the face of the sky 
and of the earth ; but how is it that ye do not discern 
this time ? Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye 
not what is right ? 

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magis- 
Matt. v. 25, 26. trate, in the way give diligence that thou 
Lk. xu. 58, 59. ma y es t foe delivered from him ; lest he hale 
thee to the judge, and the judge shall 4 deliver thee to 
the officer, and the officer shall 4 cast thee into prison. 
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come 
out thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite. 

There were present at that season some that told him 
of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had 
mingled with their sacrifices. And he 5 an- 
swering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans 
were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suf- 
fered these 6 things ? I tell you, Nay : but, except ye 
repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen, 
upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, 
think ye that they were sinners above all men that 
dwelt in Jerusalem ? I tell you, Nay ; but, except ye 
repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 



l her mother in law 
4 twice omit shall 



2 rise out of the west 
5 And Jesus answering 



3 omit That 
*> such things? 



THE BARREN FIG-TREE. 



149 



He spake also this parable : a A certain man had a fig 
tree planted in his vineyard ; and he came and sought 
fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the 
dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years since 1 
I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none : cut 
it clown ; why cumbereth it the ground ? And he an- 
swering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year 
also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it : And if it 
bear fruit after that, 2 well : and if not, thou shalt cut it 
down. 

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the 
sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman which had a 
spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed to- 
gether, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when 
Jesus saw her, he called and said unto her, Woman, 
thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his 
hands on her ; and immediately she was made straight, 
and glorified God. 

And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indig- 
nation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath 
day, and said unto the people, that 3 there are six days 
in which men ought to work ; b in them, therefore, come 
and be healed, and not on the sabbath-day. But 4 the 
Lord answered him, and said, Hypocrites, 5 doth not 
each one of you on the sabbath 6 loose his ox or ass from 
the stall, and lead him away to watering ? And ought 
not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom 

1 omit since 

2 And if it bear fruit, well : and if not, then after that thou shalt 

3 omit that 4 The Lord then answered 5 Thou hypocrite, 
a Comp. Isa. v. 1-7. b Ex. xx. 9. c Comp. Lk. xiv. 5. 



150 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 

Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed 
from this bond on the sabbath-day ? And when he had 
said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed ; 
and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things 
that were done by him. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



FROM THE FEAST OF DEDICATION TO THE RESUR- 
RECTION OF LAZARUS. 

And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication 11 : 1 
, it was winter. And Jesus walked in the 

i • o i , i h mi i Jno.x. 22-42. 

temple in bolomon s porch. lhen came the 
Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long 
dost thou make us to doubt ? If thou be the Christ, tell 
us plainly. Jesus answered, 2 1 told you, and ye believe 
not ; the works that I do in my Father's name, they 
bear witness of me. But ye believe not, because ye are 
not of my sheep. 8 My sheep hear my voice, and I know 
them, and they follow me : and I give unto them eter- 
nal life ; and they shall never perish, neither shall any 
pluck them out of my hand. The 4 Father, which gave 
them me, is greater than all ; and none is able to pluck 
them out of the 4 Father's hand. I and my Father are 
one. 

The 5 Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus 
answered them, Many good works have I showed you 
from the 4 Father ; for which of those works do ye stone 

1 and it was winter 2 answered them 

3 not of my sheep, as I said unto you 4 my Father 

5 then the Jews 
a See 1 Mace. iv. 59. b Comp. Acts iii. 11 ; v. 12. 

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me ? The Jews answered him, 1 For a good work we 
stone thee not; but for blasphemy ; and because that 
thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered 
them, Is it not written in your law, that 2 I said, Ye are 
gods? a If he called them gods, unto whom the word 
of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken ; say 
ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent 
into the world, Thou blasphemes t ; because I said, I am 
the Son of God ? If I do not the works of my Father, 
believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, 
believe the works ; that ye may know, and understand, 3 
that the Father is in me, and I in the Father. 4 There- 
fore they sought 5 to take him ; but he escaped out of 
their hand, and went away again beyond Jordan into 
the place where John at first baptized ; b and there he 
abode. And many resorted unto him, and said, John 
did no miracle ; but all things that John spake of this 
man were true. And many believed on him there. 
And he went through the cities and villages, teach- 

Matt xix l 2 m & anc * j° urne y m g toward Jerusalem, and 
Mar. x. i. came into the coasts of Judaea beyond 
Lk.xiii. 22-33. Jordan; and great mu ititudes followed 

him ; and he healed them there ; and, as he was wont, 
he taught them again. 

Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be 
saved ? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at 
the strait door c ; 6 for many, I say unto you, will seek 



1 answered him, saying, 
4 and I in him 

a Ps. IxxxiL 6. 



2 omit that 3 know and believe 

5 sought again to take 6 the straight gate 
b Jno. i. 28. c Comp. Matt. vii. 13. 



UNAVAILING PROFESSIONS. 



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to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the 
master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the 
door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the 
door, saying, Lord, 1 open unto us ; and he shall answer 
and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are : a 
then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk 
in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But 
he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are ; 
depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth, b when ye shall see 
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, 
in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 
And they shall come from the east, and the west, and 
2 the north, and the south, and shall sit down in the king- 
dom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be 
first, and there are first which shall be last. c 

The same hour 3 there came certain of the Pharisees, 
saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence ; for 
Herod will' kill thee. And he said unto them, Go ye, 
and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do 
cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall 
be perfected. Nevertheless I must walk to-day, and to- 
morrow, and the day following ; for it cannot be that a 
prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one 
of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the 
Sabbath-day, that they watched him. And, 
behold, there was a certain man before him which had 

1 saying, Lord, Lord, open 2 from the north 3 The same day 
a Comp. Matt. vii. 22, 23 b Matt. viii. 11, 12. 

c Matt. xix. SO; xx. 16; Mar. x. 31. 



154 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the law- 
yers and Pharisees, saying. Is it lawful to heal on the 
sabbath-day, or not? 1 And they held their peace. And 
he took him, and healed him, and let him go; and 
answered them, saying, Which of you shall have a son 2 
or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull 
him out on the Sabbath-day ? a And they could not 
answer 3 again to these things. 

And he put forth a parable to those which were bid- 
den, when he marked how they chose out the chief 
rooms ; saying unto them, When thou art bidden of any 
to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room ; lest a 
more honorable man than thou be bidden of him ; and 
he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give 
this man place ; and thou begin with shame to take the 
lowest room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit 
down in the lowest room ; that when he that bade thee 
cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher ; 
then shalt thou have worship in the presence of all 4 
them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever ex- 
alteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth 
himself shall be exalted. b 

Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou 
makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy 
brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors ; 
lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made 
thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the 



1 omit or not? 
3 answer him again 
a Comp. Lk. xiii. 15, 



2 an ass or an ox 
4 omit all 
b Matt, xxiii. 12; Lk. xviii. 14. 



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maimed, the lame, the blind : and thou shalt be blessed ; a 
for they cannot recompense thee ; but 1 thou shalt be 
recompensed at the resurrection of the just. 

And when one of them that sat at meat with him 
heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he 
whosoever 2 shall eat bread in the kingdom of God ! 
Then said he unto him, b A certain man made a great 
supper, and bade many : and sent his servant at supper 
time to say to them that were bidden, Come ; for the 3 
things are now ready. And they all with one consent 
began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have 
bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see 
it : I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I 
have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them : 
I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have 
married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So the 4 
servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then 
the master of the house being angry said to his servant, 
Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, 
and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the 
halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, what 
thou hast commanded is done, 5 and yet there is room. 
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the 
highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that 
my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That 
none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my 
supper. 0 

1 for thou shalt be recompensed 2 that shall eat 3 all things 
4 that servant 5 Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet 
a Comp. Acts xx. 35. b Comp. Matt. xxii. 2-14. c Matt. xxi. 43- 



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And there went great multitudes with him : and he 
Matt. x. 37-39. turned, and said „ unto them, If any man 
Lk. xiv. 25-35. come £ 0 m e, and hate not his father, and 
mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, 
yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 
Whosoever 1 doth not bear his cross and come after me, 
cannot be my disciple. a He that findeth his life shall 
lose it ; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find 
it. b For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth 
not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have 
sufficient to finish ? Lest haply, after he hath laid the 
foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin 
to mock him, saying, This man began to build, and was 
not able to finish. Or what king, going to make war 
against another king, will not sit 2 down first and con- 
sult whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him 
that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Or 
else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth 
an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. So like- 
wise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that 
he hath, he cannot be my disciple. 

Salt therefore is good : but if even 3 the salt have lost 
his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned ? c It is neither 
fit for the land, nor yet for the dung-hill ; but men cast 
it out. He that hath ears, 4 let him hear ! 

l And whosoever 2 sitteth not down first and consulteth 

3 omit therefore and even 4 hath ears to hear, let him 

a Matt. xvi. 24; Mar. viii. 34; Lk. ix. 23. 

b Matt. xvi. 25; Mar. viii. 35; Lk. ix. 24; xvii. 33; Jno. xii. 25. 
c Matt. v. 13; Mar. ix. 60. 



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Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sin- 
ners for to hear him. And both 1 the Phar- 

. Lk. xv. 1-32. 
isees and scribes murmured, saying, This 

man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 

And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What, 
man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of 
them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilder- 
ness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it ? 
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, 
rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth 
together friends and neighbors, saying unto them, He- 
joice with me ; for I have found my sheep which was 
lost. a I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in 
heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over 
ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. 

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she 
lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the 
house, and seek diligently till she find it ? And when 
she hath found it, she calleth friends and neighbors 
together, saying, Rejoice with me ; for I have found the 
piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there 
is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one 
sinner that repenteth. 

And he said, A certain man had two sons : and the 
younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the 
portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided 
unto them his living. And not many days after the 
younger son gathered all together, and took his journey 

1 omit both 
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158 THE evangelists' life op our lord. 

into a far country, and there wasted his substance with 
riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose 
a mighty famine in that land ; and he began to be in 
want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of 
that country ; and he sent him into his fields to feed 
swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with 
the husks that the swine did eat ; and no man gave 
unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How 
many hired servants of my father's have bread enough 
and to spare, and I perish here 1 with hunger ! I will 
arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father. 
I have sinned against heaven, and before thee. 2 I am 
no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as one 
of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his 
father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father 
saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his 
neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, 
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight. 3 
I am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the 
father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, 
and put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand, and 
shoes on his feet ; and bring hither the fatted calf, and 
kill ; and let us eat, and be merry : for this my son 
was dead, and is alive again : he was lost, and is found. 
And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was 
in the field ; and as he came and drew nigh to the house, 
he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the 
servants, and asked what these things meant. And he 



1 omit here 



2 before thee, and am no more 
3 in thy sight, and am no more 



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said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath 
killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe 
and sound. And he was angry, and would not go in ; 
but his father came 1 out, and intreated him. And he 
answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I 
serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy com- 
mandment ; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I 
might make merry with my friends: but as soon as this 
thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with 
harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And 
he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all 
that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make 
merry, and be glad ; for this thy brother was dead, and 
is alive ; 2 lost, and is found. 

And he said also unto the 3 disciples, There was a 
certain rich man, which had a steward ; and 
the same was accused unto him that he * 
wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto 
him, How is it that I hear this of thee ? Give an 
account of thy stewardship ; for thou mayest be no 
longer steward. Then the steward said within himself, 
"What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me 
the stewardship : I cannot dig ; to beg I am ashamed. I 
am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the 
stewardship, they may receive me into their own 5 
houses. 

So he called every one of his lord's debtors and said 
unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord ? 

1 therefore came his father out 2 and is alive again ; and was lost 
3 his disciples 4 translated had wasted 

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And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said 
unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write 
fifty. Then said he to another, And how much owest 
thou ? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. 
He 1 said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he 
had done wisely ; for the children of this world are in 
their generation wiser than the children of light. 

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of 
Matt. vi. 24. the mammon of unrighteousness ; that when 
Lk. xvi. 9-15. j t f a ii e th 2 they may receive you into ever- 
lasting habitations. He that is faithful in that which is 
least is faithful also in much ; and he that is unjust in 
the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have 
not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will 
commit to your trust the true riches ? And if ye have 
not been faithful in that which is another man's, who 
shall give you that which is your own ? No servant 
can serve two masters : for either he will hate the 
one, and love the other : or else he will hold to the 
one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. 

And the Pharisees, 3 who were covetous, heard all 
these things ; and they derided him. And he said unto 
them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men ; 
but God knoweth your hearts : for that which is highly 
esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of 
God. 



1 And he said 2 when ye fail, they may 

3 And the Pharisees also 



THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS. 



1G1 



There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in 

purple and fine linen, and fared sumptu- 

11 1 Lk. xvi. 19-31. 

ously every day. And a certain beggar 

named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores, and 
desiring to be fed with that 2 which fell from the rich 
man's table : moreover the dogs came and licked his 
sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and 
was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom ; the 
rich man also died, and was buried ; and in hell he lift 
up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar 
off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, 
Father Abraham, have mercy on me ! and send Lazarus, 
that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool 
my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame. But 
Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime 
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil 
things : but now he is comforted here, 3 and thou art tor- 
mented. And besides all this, between us and you 
there is a great gulf fixed : so that they which would 
pass from hence to you cannot ; neither can they pass 
to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I 
pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him 
to my father's house : for I have five brethren ; that he 
may testify unto them, lest they also come into this 
place of torment. But Abraham saith, 4 They have 
Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. And he 
said, Nay, father Abraham : but if one went unto them 

1 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid 

2 with the crumbs which fell 3 omit here 
4 Abraham saith unto him, 

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from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto 
him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither 
will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. 
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our 
faith. And the Lord said, If ye have 1 faith 

Lk. xvii. 5-10. • ' J 

as a gram of mustard-seed, a ye might say 

unto this sycamine-tree, Be thou plucked up by the 

root, and be thou planted in the sea ; and it should 

obey you. 

But which of you, having a servant ploughing, or 
feeding cattle, will say unto him 2 when he is come from 
the field, Go directly and sit down to meat ? And will 
not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may 
sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten 
and drunken ; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink ? 
Doth he thank the 3 servant, because he did the things 
that were commanded? 4 So likewise ye, when ye shall 
have done all those things which are commanded you, 
say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that 
which was our duty to do. 

1 If ye had faith 

2 will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go 
and sit 

3 that servant 

4 were commanded him? I trow not. 

a Matt. xvii. 20; xxi. 21; Mar. ix. 23; xi. 23. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS. 

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus, of Bethany, the 

town of Mary and her sister Martha. 8, (It 

™ i • i • _ _ _ v Jno. xi.l-54. 

was that Alary which anointed 0 the Lord 

with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose 

brother Lazarus was sick.) Therefore his sisters sent 

unto him, saying, Lord, Behold ! he whom thou lovest 

is sick. 

When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not 
unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of 
God might be glorified thereby. Now Jesus loved 
Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When he had 
heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days 
still in the same place where he was. Then after that 
saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. His 
disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought 
to stone thee c ; and goest thou thither again? Jesus 
answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day ? If 
any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he 
seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the 
night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. 
These things said he : and after that he saith unto them, 

a Lk. x. 38, 39. b Matt. xxvi. 7; Mar. xiv. 3; Jno. xii. 3. 

c Jno. x. 31. 

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Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ; but I go, that I may 
awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples unto 
him, 1 Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus 
spake of his death : but they thought that he had spoken 
of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them 
plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes 
that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe ; nev- 
ertheless let us go unto him. Then said Thomas, which 
is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples. Let us also 
go, that we may die with him. 

Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the 
grave four days already. Now Bethany was nigh unto 
Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off : and many of the 
Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them con- 
cerning their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she 
heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him : but 
Mary sat in the house. Then said Martha unto Jesus, 
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 
Even now I know, that 2 whatsoever thou wilt ask of 
God, God will give thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy 
brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I 
know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the 
last day. a Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, 
and the life : he that believeth in me, though he were 
dead, yet shall- he live: and whosoever live th and be- 
lieveth in me shall never die. Believest thou this ? She 
saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the 

1 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he 

2 but I know, that even now, whatsoever 

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Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the 
world. And when she had said this, 1 she went her way, 
and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master 
is corne, and calleth for thee. As soon as she heard 
that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. Now Jesus 
was not yet come into the town, but was in that place 
where Martha met him. The Jews then which were 
with her in the house, and comforted her, when they 
saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, fol- 
lowed her, thinking, 2 She goeth unto the grave to weep 
there. Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, 
and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, 
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews 
also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the 
spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid 
him ? They s-aid unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus 
wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him ! 
And some of them said, Could not this man, which 
opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even 
this man should not have died ? Jesus therefore again 
groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, 
and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the 
stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith 
unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh : for he hath 
been dead four days. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not 
unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest 
see the glory of God? Then they took away the -stone. 3 

1 she had so said 2 followed her, saying, 

•3 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was 
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And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank 
thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou 
hearest me always : but because of the people which 
stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast 
sent me. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with 
a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. He 1 that was dead 
came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes : 
and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus 
saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 

Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and 
had seen the things which he 2 did, believed on him. 
But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, 
and told them what things Jesus had done. 

Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a 
council, and said, What do we ? for this man doeth 
many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all will be- 
lieve on him : and the Romans shall come and take 
away both our place and nation. And one of them, 
named Caiaphas, a being the high priest that same year, 
said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, nor consider 
that it is expedient for you, 3 that one man should die 
for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 
And this spake he not of himself : but being high priest 
that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that 
nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he 
should gather together in one the children of God that 
were scattered abroad. Then from that day forth they 
took counsel 4 for to put him to death. 

1 And he that was 2 the things which Jesus did 

3 expedient for us 4 took counsel together 

a Comp. Lk. iii. 2. 



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Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the 
Jews ; but went thence unto a country near to the wil- 
derness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued 
with the 5 disciples. 

1 with his disciples 



CHAPTER XIX. 



FROM THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS TO THE FEAST 
AT BETHANY. 

And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when 
Matt. xxiv. 26, 27. the kingdom of God should come, he 
Lk. xvii. 20-25. answered them and said, The kingdom 
of God cometh not with observation : neither shall they 
say, Lo here ! or, 1 there ! for, behold ! the kingdom of 
God is within you. And he said unto the disciples, The 
days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the 
days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not see it. And 
they shall say to you, See here, 2 see there : go not after 
nor follow them. Wherefore if they shall say unto 
you, Behold! he is in the desert; go not forth: behold! 
he is in the secret chambers ; believe not. For as the 
lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto 
the west ; so shall 8 the coming of the Son of Man be 
in his day. But first must he suffer many things, and 
be rejected of this generation. And as it was in the 
days of Noe, a so shall it be also in the clays of the Son 
Matt. xxiv. 37-41. of Man. For as in the days that were 
Lk. xvn. 26-37. before the flood they were eating and 
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the 

1 or, lo there ! 2 See here ; or, see there 3 so shall also the coming 
a Gen. vi. vii. 

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day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until 
the flood came, and destroyed them all, so shall also the 
coming of the Son of Man be. Likewise also as it was 
in the days of Lot ; a they did eat, they drank, they 
bought, they sold, they planted, they builded ; but the 
same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire 
and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: b 
even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man 
' is revealed. Remember Lot's wife. c Whosoever shall 
seek to save his life shall lose it ; and whosoever shall 
lose his'life shall preserve it. I tell you, in that night 
there shall be two men in one bed ; the one shall be 
taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall 
be grinding together at the mill ; the one shall be taken, 
and the other left. Then shall two be in the field ; the 
one shall be taken, and the other left. And they an- 
swered and said unto him, Where, Lord ? Matt. xxiv. 28. 
And he said unto them, Wheresoever the Lk - xvii -S7. 
body is, thither also 1 will the eagles be gathered to- 
gether. 

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that 
they 2 ought always to pray, and not to faint ; d saying, 
There was in a city a iudsre, which feared 

-i j i ii Lk. xviii. 1-14. 

not God, neither regarded man : and there 
was a widow in that city ; and she came unto him, say- 
ing, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would 
not for a while : but afterward he said within himself, 
Though I fear not God, nor regard man ; yet because 

l omit also 2 that men ought 

a Gen. xix. b ib. 24-26. c ib. 26. d Cf. Lk. xi. g-8. 



170 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OP OUR LORD. 



this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her 
continual coming she weary me. And the Lord said, 
Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God 
avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, 
though he bear long with them? I tell you that he 
will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son 
of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth ? 

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted 
in themselves that they were righteous, and despised 
others : Two men went up into the temple to pray ; the 
one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Phari- 
see stood and prayed thus, 1 God, I thank thee, that I am 
not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or 
even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give 
tithes of all that I acquire. 2 But 3 the publican, stand- 
ing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto 
heaven, but smote 4 his breast, saying, God be merciful 
to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his 
house justified rather than the other : for every one 
that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that hum- 
ble th himself shall be exalted. 

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it 
Matt. xix. 3-12. lawful for a man to put away his wife 
Mar. x. 2-12. for every cause ? tempting him. And he 
answered and said unto them, What did 
Moses command you ? And they said, Moses suffered to 
write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. a And 



l prayed thus with himself 2 translated all that I possess 

3 And the publican 4 smote upon his 

a Deut. xxiv. 1. 



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Jesus saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of 
your hearts suffered you to put away your wives : but 
from the beginning it was not so. And he answered and 
said, 1 have ye not read, that he which made them at the 
beoinnino; made them male and female, 0, and said, For 
this cause shall a man leave his father and his 2 mother, 
and shall cleave to his wife : and they twain shall be one 
flesh : b wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. 
"What therefore God hath joined together, let not man 
put asunder. 

And in the house the 3 disciples asked him again con- 
cerning this. 4 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall 
put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall 
marry another, committeth adultery : and if she 5 shall 
put away her husband and marry 6 another, she commit- 
teth adultery : and he who 7 marrieth her that is put 
away from her husband committeth adultery. 

The 8 disciples say unto him, If the case of the man 
be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. But he 
said unto them, All cannot receive this saying, save 
they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, 
which were so born from their mother's womb, and there 
are some eunuchs which were made eunuchs of men : 
and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves 
eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is 
able to receive, let him receive it. 

l and said unto them 2 omit his 

3 his disciples 4 asked him again of the same matter, 

5 And if a woman shall 6 and be married to another 

7 and whosoever marrieth 8 His disciples 
a Gen. i. 27; ii. 18-25; v. 2. 

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Then were there brought unto him little children, 

™ ^ • -.o ^ that he should put his hands on them, and 
Matt. xix. 13-15. A 7 

Mar. x. 13-18. pray : but when his disciples saw, they re- 
Lk. xviii. 15-17. bu k e( j t h ose t ] iat brought them. But 

when Jesus saw, he was much displeased, and said unto 
them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, 1 forbid 
them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily 
I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the king- 
dom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter 
therein. And he took them up in his arms, and blessed 
them, 2 and put his hands upon them, and departed thence. 

And when he was gone forth into the way, behold, a 
« — , , . ,„ certain ruler came running, and kneeled 

Matt, xix.16-30. t . 

Mar. x. 17-31. to him, and asked him, Good Master, what 

Lk. xviii. 18-30. gQod th j ng shaU j do? that j may inherit 

eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest 
thou me good ? there is none good but one, that is God : 
but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 
He saith, 3 Which ? Jesus said, a Thou shalt do no mur- 
der, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not 
steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honor thy 
father and thy mother : and, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bor as thyself. b The young man saith unto him, Master, 
all these have I kept from my youth up, what lack I 
yet? Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said 
unto him, One thing thou lackest : if thou wilt be per- 
fect, go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to 

1 and forbid them not 

2 in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them 

3 He saith unto him, Which? 

a Ex. xx. 13 etc. ; Deut. v. 17, etc. b Lev. xix. 18. 



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the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and 
come 1 follow me. But when the young man heard 2 he 
went away sorrowful : for he had great possessions. 

And when Jesus saw him, 3 he looked round about, and 
saith unto his disciples, Yerily I say unto you, How 
hardly shall they that have riches enter into the king- 
dom of God ! And the disciples were astonished at his 
words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto 
them, Children, how hard is it 4 to enter into the king- 
dom of God! And again I say unto you, That 5 it is 
easier for a camel to to go through the eye of a needle, 
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 
And when the G disciples heard, they were astonished out 
of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be 
saved ? But Jesus looking upon them saith, With men 
it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all 
things are possible. 

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold! 
we have forsaken all, and followed thee ; what shall we 
have therefore ? And Jesus said unto them, Yerily I 
say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the 
regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit in the 
throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve 
thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every 
one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or 
father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my 
name's sake, [_and~] for the kingdom of God's sake, and 

l and come, take up the cross, and follow 2 heard that saying 

3 when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said 

4 how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter 

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the gospel's, shall receive an hundredfold now in this 
time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, 
and children, and lands, with persecutions ; and in the 
world to come eternal life. But many that are first 
shall be last ; and the last first. a 

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is 

an householder, which went out early in 
Matt. xx. 1-16. , . _ , . , . . 

the morning to hire laborers into his vine- 
yard. And when he had agreed with the laborers for a 
penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he 
went out about the third hour, and saw others standing 
idle in the marketplace, and he said unto them ; Go ye 
also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will 
give you. And they went their way. And 1 again he 
went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did like- 
wise. And about the eleventh 2 he went out, and found 
others standing, 3 and saith unto them, Why stand ye 
here all the day idle ? They say unto him, Because no 
man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also 
into the vineyard. 4 So when even was come, the lord 
of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, 
and give the 5 hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh 
hour, they received every man a penny. But when the 
first came, they supposed that they should have received 
more ; and they likewise received every man a penny. 
And when they had received it, they murmured against 
the goodman of the house, saying, These last have 

1 omit And 2 eleventh hour 3 standing idle. 

4 into the vineyard ; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive 

5 give them their hire 

a Matt. xx. 16. 



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wrought one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto 
us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. 
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do 
thee no wrong : didst not thou agree with me for a 
penny ? Take thine, and go thy way : I will give unto 
this last, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do 
what I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, because I 
am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last. al 

And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem ; 
and Jesus went before them: and they , r ■ „ 1Q 
were amazed ; and as they followed, they Mar. x. 32-34. 
were afraid. And he took again the Lk ' xviii ' 31_34 - 
twelve apart and 2 in the way began to tell them what 
things should happen unto him, and said unto them, 
Behold! we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that 
are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man 
shall be accomplished. For he shall be betrayed unto 
the chief priests and unto the scribes ; and they shall 
condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the 
Gentiles : and they shall mock him, and shall scourge 
him, and shal^ spit upon him, and shall kill him : and 
the third clay he shall rise again. And they understood 
none of these things : and this saying was hid from them, 
neither knew they the things which were spoken. 

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children 
with her sons, worshipping, and desiring a Matt. xx. 20-28. 
certain thing of him. And he said unto Mar * x * 85-45, 
her, What wilt thou ? She saith unto him, Grant that 

1 add for many be called, but few chosen. 

2 the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said 

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these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, 
and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus 
answered and said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: 
can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? or 1 be baptized 
with the baptism that I am baptized with ? And they 
said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye 
shall 2 drink of the cup that I drink of ; and with the 
baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized : 
but to sit on my right hand or 3 on my left hand is not 
mine to give ; but it shall be given to them for whom it 
is prepared. 

And when the ten heard it, they began to be moved 
with indignation against the two brethren James and 
John. But Jesus called them and saith unto them, Ye 
know that they which are accounted to rule over the 
Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; and their great 
ones exercise authority upon them. a But it shall not 
be so among you : but whosoever will be great among 
you, shall be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief 
among you, shall be servant of all. For even the Son 
of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, 
and to give his life a ransom for many. 

And they came to Jericho : and as he went out of 
Matt xx 29-34 J er * cno with his disciples and a great n urn- 
Mar, x. 46-52. ber of people, behold, two blind men 
Lk. xvm. 3o-43. g j^ n g wa y s id e# [And one .of 

ihem\ the son of Timaeus, Bartimseus, 4 a blind beggar, 

l and be baptized 2 shall indeed drink 3 and on 

4 blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging, 
a Comp. Lk. xxii. 25, 26. 



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h earing the multitude pass by, asked what it meant. 

And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth 

by. And he cried, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have 

mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked 

him, that he should hold his peace : but he cried so 

much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me. And 

Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be brought 

unto him. And they call the blind man, saying unto 

him, Be of good comfort, rise ; he calleth thee. And 

he, casting away his garment, sprang up, 1 and came to 

Jesus. And Jesus answered and said unto him, What 

wilt thou that I should do unto thee ? The blind man 

said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. 

And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: go thy 

way ; thy faith hath made thee whole. So Jesus had 

compassion and touched their eyes : and immediately 

they 2 received sight, and they followed him in the way, 

glorifying God : and all the people, when they saw, gave 

praise unto God. 

And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, 

behold, there was a man named Zacchasus, 

i • i , . « , , Lk.xix.l-10. 

which was tne chief among the publicans, 

and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he 

was ; and could not for the press, because he was little 

of stature. And he ran before, and climbed up into a 

sycamore tree to see him : for he was to pass that way. 

And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and 2 

said unto him, Zaccheeus, make haste, and come down ; 



1 rose, and came 2 their eyes received sight 

3 looked up, and saw him, and said 
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for to day I must abide at thy house. And he made 
haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. And 
when they saw, they all murmured, saying, That he was 
gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. And 
Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold! Lord, 
the half of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I have 
taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I 
restore fourfold. a And Jesus said unto him, This day is 
salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is 
a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man is come to 
seek and to save that which was lost. 

And as they heard these things, he added and spake 
Matt. xxv. 14-30. a parable, because he was nigh to Jeru- 
Lk. xix. 11-28. salem, and because they thought that the 
kingdom of God should immediately appear. He said 
therefore, 

A certain nobleman went into a far country b to re- 
receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he 
called his ten servants, and delivered unto them his 
goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another 
two, and to another one ; to every man according to his 
several ability, and said unto them, Occupy till I come ; 
and 1 took his journey. But his citizens hated him, and 
sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this 
man to reign over us. Then he that had received 
the five talents went and traded with the same, and 
made them other five talents. 2 Likewise he that had 
received two, 3 gained other two. But he that had" 

1 and straightway took his journey. Then he 2 And likewise 

3 he also gained 
a Ex. xxii. 1 ; cf. 2 Sam. xii. 6. b Cf. Mar. xiii. 34. 



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received one went and digged 1 the earth, and hid his 
lord's money. And it came to pass, after a long time, 
the lord of those servants cometh, and when he was 
returned, having received the kingdom, then he com- 
manded these servants to be called unto him, to whom 
he had given the money, that he might know how much 
every man had gained by trading Then the first, that 
had received five talents, came and brought other five 
talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five 
talents : behold! I have gained 2 five talents more. His 
lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful 
servant : because thou hast been faithful in a very little, 
over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many 
things : have thou authority over ten cities : enter thou 
into the joy of thy lord. And the second came, that 
had received two talents, and said, Lord, thou deliveredst 
unto me two talents : behold ! I have gained two other 
talents. 3 His lord said likewise unto him, Well done, 
good and faithful servant ; thou hast been faithful over 
a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : 
be thou also over five cities : enter thou into the joy of 
thy lord. Then he which had received the one talent 
came and said, Lord, behold ! thy pound, which I have 
kept laid up in a napkin : for I feared thee, because 
thou art an austere man : thou takest up that thou 
layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow : 
and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the 
earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine. His lord an- 



1 in the earth 2 gained beside them five 

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swered and said unto him, Out of thine own mouth will 
I judge thee, thou wicked and slothful servant! thou 
knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I 
laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow ? where- 
fore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that 
at my coming I might have required mine own with 
usury? And he said unto them that stood by, Take 
from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten 
pounds. (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten 
pounds.) 1 I say unto you, That unto every one which 
hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance ; and 
from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken 
away. a And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer 
darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should 
reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. 

And when he had thus spoken, he went before, 
ascending up to Jerusalem. 

And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand : and many 
Matt xxvi 6-13 went out °f tne country up to Jerusa- 
Mar. xiv. 3-9. lem before the passover, to purify 

Jno. xi. 55-xii. 11. themselyes . Then sought they f()p 

Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the 
temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the 
* feast? Now 2 the chief priests and the Pharisees had 
given commandments, 3 that, if any man knew where he 
were, he should shew it, that they might take him. 
Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to 

1 For I say 2 now both the chief 3 a commandment 

a Matt. xiii. 12; Mar. iv. 25; Lk. viii. 18. 



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Bethany, where Lazarus was 1 whom Jesus raised from 
the dead. There they made him a supper in the house 
of Simon the leper ; and Martha served : but Lazarus 
was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then 
Mary a having an alabaster box of ointment of spike- 
nard, very precious, brake the box, and poured it on his 
head, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet 
with her hair : and the house was filled with the odor 
of the ointment. But when the 2 disciples saw, they had 
indignation, saying, To what purpose this waste ? But 
one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, 3 which should betray 
him, saithj Why was not this ointment sold for three 
hundred pence, and given to the poor ? This he said, 
not that he cared for the poor ; but because he was a 
thief, and having the bag, 4 bare what was put therein. 
And they murmured against her. When Jesus under- 
stood it, he said unto them, Let her alone ; why trouble 
ye the woman ? she hath wrought a good work on me. 
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever 
ye will ye may do 5 good : but me ye have not always. 
She hath done what she could ; for in that she hath 
poured this ointment on my body, she is come aforehand 
to anoint my body to the burying. But 6 verily I say unto 
you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached through- 

1 Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised 

2 his disciples 

3 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which 
should betray him, 

4 and had the bag, and bare 

5 may do them good 

6 omit But 

a Comp. Lk. yii. 36-50. 



182 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

out the whole world, this also that she hath done shall 
be spoken of for a memorial of her. 

Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was 
there : and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that 
they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from 
the dead. 

But the chief priests consulted that they might put 
Lazarus also to death ; because that by reason of him 
many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. 



SCHEDULE 

OF THE 

EVENTS OF EACH DAY OF THE HOLY WEEK. 



7 Saturday. The Sabbath. Our Lord, having arrived 
from Jericho before the Sabbath began, remains at Beth- 
any, and is there anointed in the house of Simon. 

1 Sunday. The triumphal entry into Jerusalem. 

2 Monday. In the evening [Sunday] our Lord returns to 

Bethany, Mar. xi. 11. In the morning [Monday] the fig- 
tree is cursed ; afterwards the Temple is cleansed. 

3 Tuesday. Having returned in the evening [Monday] to 

Bethany (Matt. xxi. 17 ; Mar. xi. 19), in the morning 
[Tuesday] the fig-tree is found withered ; our Lord 
teaches in the Temnle ; and is visited by certain Greeks. 

4 Wedne sday. In the evening [Tuesday] our Lord finally 

leaves the Temple, and on the Mount of Olives, on his way 
to Bethany, foretells the future ; [Wednesday] the rulers 
conspire against him, and make agreement with Judas. 

5 Thursday. " Preparation." Remaining at Bethany, our 

Lord sends his disciples to make ready the Passover. 

6 Friday. In the evening [Thursday] He comes with 

the disciples and sits down to eat the Passover ; He 
reproves their ambition ; washes their feet ; points out 
the traitor ; institutes the Lord's Supper ; foretells the 
desertion of the Twelve and the denials of Peter ; dis- 
courses at length with the disciples ; offers his sacerdotal 
prayer ; goes with the disciples to the Mount of Olives ; 
endures the agony in the garden ; [Friday] is made 
prisoner ; taken before Annas and Caiaphas ; examined, 
denied by Peter ; further examined, condemned, mocked 
by the servants, and led to Pilate ; Judas hangs himself ; 
Jesus is examined by Pilate, who seeks to release him ; 
sent to Herod, and back to Pilate, who again seeks to 
release him ; after further efforts for his release, He is 
scourged, and delivered to be crucified ; is mocked by 
the soldiers; Pilate makes a further, final, effort for his re- 
lease ; then he is led forth and crucified ; towards evening, 
his body is taken from the cross, and laid in the tomb. 

7 Saturday. A watch is set at the sepulchre. 
1 Sunday. The Resurrection. 



CHAPTER XX. 



OUR LORD S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. 

First Day of the Week. — Sunday. 

On the next day much people that were come to the 

_ feast, when they heard that Jesus was 

Matt. xxi. 1-11. / J 

Mar. xi. l-ii. coming, took branches of palm trees, and 

Lk. xix. 29-M. t ^ to meet him, and when they 

Jno. xn. 12-19. e ' J 

drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come 
nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, unto the mount of 
Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, 
Go your way into the village over against you, and 
straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with 
her, whereon yet never man sat : loose him, and bring 
him. And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him ? 
thus shall ye say, 1 Because the Lord hath need of him ; 
and straightway he will send them. And they that were 
sent went their way, and found the colt tied by the door 
without in a place where two ways met ; and as they 
were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, 
Why loose ye the colt? And they said, that 2 the Lord 
hath need of him : and they let them go. And they 
brought him to Jesus : and they cast their garments upon 
the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. And 3 this was 
done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the 

1 say unto him 2 omit that 3 All this was 

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prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Fear 
not, behold ! thy King cometh unto thee, meek, , and 
sitting upon an ass, and upon 1 a colt the foal of an ass. a 

And as he went, a very great multitude spread their 
garments in the way ; others cut down branches from 
the trees, and strawed them in the way. And when he 
was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount 
of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples that went 
before, and they that followed, began to rejoice and 
praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works 
that they had seen ; saying, Hosanna to the son of 
David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord ; b blessed is the King of Israel : peace in heaven, 
and glory in the highest. 

These things understood not his disciples at the first : 
but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they 
that these things were written of him, and that they had 
done these things unto him. The people therefore that 
was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, 
and raised him from the dead, bare record. For this 
cause the people also met him, for that they heard that 
he had done this miracle. The Pharisees therefore said 
among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing ? 
behold ! the world is gone after him. And some of the 
Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, 
Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and 

l omit second upon 

a Zech. ix. 9. Behold ! thy King cometh unto thee : he is just, and 
having salvation ; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the 
foal of an ass. Comp. Isa. lxii. 11. 

b Ps. cxviii. 26. 



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said, 1 I tell you that, if these 2 hold their peace, the 
stones will 3 immediately cry out. 

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and 
wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, 
at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto 
thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For 
the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall 
cast a trench about thee, a and compass thee round, and 
keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with 
the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they 
shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because 
thou knowest not the time of thy visitation. 

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city 
was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude 
said, This is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 
And he went into the temple, and when he had looked 
round about upon all things, and now the eventide was 
come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. 

l said unto them 2 should hold 3 stones would immediately 
a Comp. Lk. xxi. 20, etc. ; Matt, xxiv. 2, etc. ; Mar. xiii. 2, etc. 



CHAPTER XXI. 



THE FIG-TREE CURSED. THE TEMPLE CLEANSED. 

Second Day of the Week. — Monday. 

And on the morrow, when they were come from 
Bethany, as he returned into the city, he 

^ Matt xxi 1^-19 

was hungry : and seeing a fig tree in the Mar xi 12 ^ 1Q 
way from 1 afar off having leaves, he came, Lk. xix. 45-48; 
if haply he might find any thing thereon : XX1 ' 
and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; 
for the time of figs was not yet. And he 2 answered 
and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for 
ever. And his disciples heard it. And presently the 
fig tree withered away. 

And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into 
the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and 
bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the 
money-changers, and the seats of them that sold cloves ; 
and would not surfer that any man should carry any 
vessel through the temple. And he taught, and said 3 
unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called 
of all nations the house of prayer ? a but ye have made 
it a den of thieves. b 

And he taught daily in the temple. And the blind 

l omit from 2 Jesus answered 3 saying, 

a Isa. lvi. 7. b Jer. vii. 11. 

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188 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

and the lame came to him ; and he healed them. And 
when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful 
things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, 
and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were 
sore displeased, and said unto him, Hearest thou what 
these say ? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea : have ye 
never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings 
thou hast perfected praise ? a And the scribes and chief 
priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him : 
for they feared him, because all the people were 1 aston- 
ished at his doctrine [awcf] were very attentive to hear 
him. 

And he left them, and went out of the city into Beth- 
any. And in the day time he was teaching in the temple ; 
and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is 
called the mount of Olives. And all the people came 
early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear 
him. 

l the people was 
a Fs. viii. 2. 



CHAPTER XXII. 

Third and Fourth Days of the Week. — Tuesday and Wednesday. 

And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the 
fig tree dried up from the roots. And Matt. xxi. 20-22. 
when the disciples saw, they marvelled, ^ ar - X1 * 20 ~ 25, 
saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away ! And 
Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, 
behold the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in 
God. Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and 
doubt not, ye shall not only do this to the fig tree, but 
also whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou 
removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not 
doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what 1 he saith 
shall come to pass ; he shall have it. 2 Therefore I say 
unto you, all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, 
believing, ye shall receive. And when ye stand pray- 
ing, forgive, if ye have ought against any : that your 
Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your 
trespasses.* 3 

And they come again to Jerusalem. And it came to 

1 that those things which he saith 

2 shall have whatsoever he saith. 

3 Mar. xi. 26. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father 
which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. 

a Comp. Matt. vi. 14, 15; xviii. 35, etc. 



190 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 

pass, on one of the 1 days, as he taught the people and 
M>tt xxi 23-27 P reacnec ^ tne gospel, as he was walking in 
Mar. xi. 27-33. the temple, there come to him the chief 
priests, and the scribes, and the elders, 
and said unto him, By what authority doest thou these 
things ? and who gave thee this authority to do these 
things ? And Jesus 2 said unto them, I also will ask you 
one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell 
you by what authority I do these things : the baptism 
of John, whence was it ? from heaven, or of men ? And 
they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, 
From heaven ; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then 
believe him ? But if we shall say, Of men ; all the 
people will stone us : for they be persuaded that John 
was a prophet indeed. a And they answered Jesus, and 
said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither 
tell I you by what authority I do these things. 

But what think ye? A man had two sons; 3 he came 

to the first, and said, Son, go work to day 
Matt. xxi. 28-32. . , . . ' . ' & _ _ . * 

m the* vineyard, lie answered and said, 
I will not: 5 afterward he repented, and went. 3 He 
came to the other, 6 and said likewise. And he answered 
and said, I go, sir : and went not. Whether of them 
twain did the will of his 'father? They say, 7 The first. 
Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the 
publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God 
before you. For John came unto you in the way of 

l those days 2 answered and said 3 tivice and he came 
4 my vineyard 5 but afterwards 6 to the second, and said- 

7 they say unto him 
a Matt. iii. 5, 6; xiv. 5, etc. 



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righteousness, and ye believed him not ; but the publi- 
cans and the harlots believed him : and ye, when ye 
had seen, repented not afterward, that ye might believe 
him. 

Hear another parable : a There was a 1 householder, 
which planted a vineyard, and hedged it „ . no 4/% 

1 ... Matt. xxi. 33-46. 

round about, and digged a winepress in Mar. xii. 1-12. 
it, and built a tower, and let it out to Lk ' xx 9 ~ 19 ' 
husbandmen, and went into a far country. And when 
the time of the fruit drew near, he sent to the husband- 
men a servant, that he might receive from the husband- 
men of the fruits 2 of the vineyard. And they caught 
and beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he 
sent unto them another servant ; and they beat him also, 
and they 3 wounded him in the head, and handled him 
shamefully. And 4 he sent another ; and him they killed, 
and many others ; beating some, and killing some. Then 
said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do ? Having 
yet therefore one well-beloved son 5 he sent him 6 last 
unto them, saying, It may be they will reverence my 
son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said 
among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill 
him, and the inheritance shall be our's. And they 
caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew 
him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard comet h, 

l a certain householder 2 the fruit of 

3 and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent 
him away shamefully handled. 

4 and again he sent 5 one Son, his well-beloved, he 
him also last 

a Comp. Ps. lxxx. 8-11 ; Isa. v. 1, 2, etc. 



192 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 



what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say 
unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, 
and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, 
which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. And 
when they heard, they said, God forbid. 

And he beheld them, and saith unto them, Did ye 
never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders 
rejected, the same is become the head of the corner : 
this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes ? 
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall 
be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth 
the fruits thereof. Whosoever shall fall upon that stone 
shall be broken : but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will 
grind him to powder. 

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard 
his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. But 
when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the 
multitude, because they took him for a prophet : for they 
perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. 
And they left him, and went their way. 

And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by 
„ w , parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven 

Matt xxn.1-14. r ' 7 & 

is like unto a certain king, which made a 
marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call 
them that were bidden to the wedding : and they would 
not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, 
Tell them which are bidden, Behold ! I have prepared 
my dinner : my oxen and fatlings are killed, and all 
things ready : come unto the marriage. But they made 
light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another 



QUESTIONINGS OF THE PHARISEES. 193 



to his merchandise : and the remnant took his servants, 
and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But the 
king 1 was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and 
destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, 
but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye 
therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall 
iind, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out 
into the highways, and gathered together all as many as 
they found, both bad and good : and the briclechamber 2 
was furnished with guests. And when the king came 
in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not 
on a wedding garment : and he saith unto him, Friend, 
how earnest thou in hither not ' having a wedding gar- 
ment ? And he was speechless. Then said the king to 
the servants, Bind him hand and foot, 8 and cast him 
into outer darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnash- 
ing of teeth. For many are called, but few chosen. a 

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they 
mi^ht entangle him in his talk. And „ , , .. iroo 

© © Matt. xxn. 15-22. 

they watched him, and sent forth spies, Mar. xii. 13-17. 
which should feign themselves just men, Lk ' xx ' 20 ~ 26, 
that they might take hold of his words, that so they 
might deliver him unto the power and authority of the 
governor. And they send unto him certain of the 
Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his 
words. And when they were come, they say unto him, 

1 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth 

2 the wedding was furnished 

3 hand and foot, and take him away, and cast Mm 

a Matt. xx. 18. 

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Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no 
man : for thou regardest not the person of men, but 
teachest the way of God in truth. Tell us therefore, 
What thinkest thou ? Is it lawful to give tribute unto 
Caesar, or not ? Shall we give, or shall we not give ? 
But Jesus perceived their craftiness, and said, Why- 
tempt ye me, hypocrites ? Shew me the tribute money ; 
bring me a penny, that I may see it. And they brought 
it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and 
superscription ? And they said unto him, Caesar's. 
And Jesus 1 said unto them, Render therefore unto 
Caesar the things which are Caesar's ; and unto God the 
things that are God's. And they could not take hold 
of his words before the people : and they marvelled at 
his answer, and held their pease, and left him, and went 
their way. 

The same day came to him certain of the Sadducees, 
t»t ii oo oo which deny that there is any resurrection ; 

Matt. xxn. 23-33. . .. 

Mar. xii. 18-27. and they asked him, saying, Master, Moses 
Lk. xx. 27-39. wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, 
and leave his wife, and leave no children, that his 
brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his 
brother. a There were therefore seven brethren: and 
the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, 
having no issue, left his wife unto his brother : likewise 
the second also, and the third, unto the seventh : and 
they left no children, and died. And last of all the 
woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose 

1 answering said unto them 
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wife shall she be of the seven ? for they all had her to 
wife. Jesus answered and said unto tliem, Ye do err, 
not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. The 
children of this world marry, and are given in marriage : 
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain 
that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither 
marry, nor are given in marriage : neither can they die 
any more : for they are equal unto the angels ; and are 
the children of God, being the children of the resurrec- 
tion. And as touching the dead, that they rise : have 
ye not read in the book of Moses, at the bush how 1 God 
spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and 
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? a He is not 
the God of the dead, but 2 of the living ; for all live 
unto him : ye 3 do greatly err. 

, And when the multitude heard, they were astonished 
at his doctrine. Then certain of the scribes answering 
said, Master, thou hast well said. 

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the 
Sadducees to silence, they were gathered , r .. OA 

7 J & Matt. xxn. 34-40. 

together. Then one of the scribes, a Mar. xii. 28-34. 
lawyer, came, and having heard them Lk " xx ' 40 ' 
reasoning together, and seeing 4 that he had answered 
them well, asked, tempting him, 5 Master, which is the 
first commandment of all in the law? And Jesus an- 

1 translated in the book cf Moses, how in the bush God spake 

2 but the God of the living; 

3 ye therefore do greatly 

4 and perceiving that 

5 tempting him, and saying, 

a Ex. iii. 6; comp. 16. 



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swered, 1 The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our 

God is one Lord : and thou shalt love the Lord thy God 

with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 

thy mind, and with all thy strength. 9. This is the first 

and great commandment. 2 The second is like unto it, 

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. b There is 

none other commandment greater than these : on these 

two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 

And the scribes said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast 

said the truth : for he 3 is one and there is none other 

but he : c and to love him with all the heart, and with 

all the understanding, 4 and with all the strength, and to 

love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole 

burnt offerings and sacrifices. d And when Jesus saw 

that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art 

not far from the kingdom of God. 

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus 

,r .. ,„ asked them, while he taught in the tern- 
Matt, xxii. 41-46. ' o 

Mar. xii. 85-37. pie, saying, What think ye of Christ ? 
Lk. xx. 41-44. w h ose son i s } ie ? They say unto him, 

the son of David. He saith unto them, How say the 
scribes that Christ is the son of David? How then 
doth David himself in the book of Psalms, by the Holy 
Ghost, call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my 
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine 

1 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear 

2 And the second 3 for there is one God ; and there is 
4 understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the 

a Deut. vi. 4, 5. 

b Lev. xix. 18. Comp. Matt. v. 44; xix. 19; Lk. x. 27; Rom. xiii. 9; 
Gal. v. 14; Jas. ii. 8, etc. 
c Deut. iv. 35, 39; Isa. xlv. 21, etc. d Hos. vi. 6. 



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enemies thy footstool? 3 David therefore himself calleth 
him Lord ; and whence is he then his son ? And the 
common people heard him gladly. And no man was 
able to answer him a word, neither durst any from that 
day forth ask him any more questions. 

Then in the audience of all the people Jesus spake 
to the multitude, and to his disciples, say- Matt xx ... 1 3 
ing, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Mar. xii. 38-40. 
Moses' seat. All therefore whatsoever they Lk ' xx ' 45_47 ' 
bid you, do and observe ; 1 but do not ye after their works : 
for they say, and do not. Beware of the scribes, which 
love to go in long clothing, b and love salutations in the 
marketplaces, 0 and the chief seats in the synagogues, 
and the uppermost rooms at feasts : which devour 
widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers : 
these shall receive greater damnation. 

And he 2 sat over against the treasury, and he looked up 
and beheld how the people cast money into Mar. xii. 41-44. 
the treasury : and many that were rich Lk * XX1 - 1 ~ 4 - 
cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, 
and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And 
he called his disciples, and 3 said unto them, Yeriiy I say 
unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all 
they which have cast into the treasury : for all they did 
cast in of their abundance ; but she of her want did cast 
in all that she had, even all her Irving. 

1 bid you observe, that observe and do ; 2 And Jesus sat 

3 and saith unto 

a Ps. ex. 1. b gee Matt, xxiii. 5. 

c See Matt, xxiii. 6, 7; Lk. xi. 43. 



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And there were certain Greeks among them that 
Jno xii 20-36 came U P to worship at the feast. The 
same came therefore to Philip, which was 
of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, 
we would see Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew : 
and Andrew and Philip come and 1 tell Jesus. 

And Jesus answereth 2 them, saying, The hour is come, 
that the Son of Man should be glorified. Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the 
ground and die, it abideth alone : but if it die, it bringeth 
forth much fruit. He that loveth his life loseth 3 it ; and 
he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto 
life eternal. a If any man serve me, let him follow me ; 
and where I am, there shall also 'my servant be: if any 
man serve me, him will my Father honor. 

Now is my soul troubled ; and what shall I say ? 
Father, save me from this hour? but for this cause 
came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then 
came there a voice from heaven, b I have both glorified 
and will glorify it again. The people therefore, that 
stood by, and heard, said that it thundered : others said, 
An angel spake to him. Jesus answered and said, This 
voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Now 
is the judgment of this world : now shall the prince of 
this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the 
earth, c will draw all unto me. This he said, signifying 
what death he should die. 

l and again Andrew and Philip toll Jesus. 2 answered 

3 shall lose it 

a Cf. Matt. x. 39; xvi 25; Mar. viii. 35; Lk. ix. 24; xvii. 33. 
b Cf. Matt. iii. 17; xvii. 5; Mar. i. 11; ix. 7; Lk. iii. 22; ix. 85. 
c Comp. Num. xxi. 8, 9; Jno. iii. 14. 



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The people therefore 1 answered him, We have heard 
out of the law that Christ abideth for ever : a and how 
sayest thou, The Son of Man must be lifted up ? who 
is this Son of Man? Then Jesus said unto them, Yet 
a little while is the light among 2 you. Walk while ye 
have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he 
that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may 
be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and 
departed, and did hide himself from them. 

But though he had done so many miracles before 
them, vet thev believed not on him : that 

J . . Jno. xii. 37-50. 

the saying of Esaias the prophet might be 
fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our 
report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been 
revealed ? b Therefore they could not believe, because 
that Esaias. said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and 
hardened their heart ; that they should not see with 
their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be con- 
verted, and I should heal them. c These things said 
Esaias, because 3 he saw his glory , d and spake of him. 

Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many be- 
lieved on him ; but because of the Pharisees they did 
not confess him, lest they should be put out of the syn- 

l omit therefore 2 with you 3 when he saw 

a Comp. Ps. lxxxix. 36, 37; ex. 4; Isa. ix. 7 ; Dan. ii. 44; vii. 14, 27; 
Mic. iv. 7, etc. 
b Isa. liii. 1; Rom. x. 16. 

c Isa. vi. 9, 10. See Matt. xiii. 13-15; Mar. iv. 12; Lk. viii. 10; Acts 
xxviii. 25-27. 
d Isa. vi. 1-10. 



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agogue : for they loved the praise of men more than 
the praise of God. 

Jesus cried, and said, He that believeth on me, 
believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And 
he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I am come 
a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me 
should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear 
my words, and keep them 1 not, I judge him not : for I 
came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath 
one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, 
the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have 
not spoken of myself ; but the Father which sent me, 
he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and 
what I should speak. And I know that his command- 
ment is life everlasting : whatsoever I speak therefore, 
even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. 

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple : 
w . . . , and his disciples came to shew him the 

Matt. xxiv. 1-14. > r 

Mar. xiii. l-io. buildings of the temple, how it was 
Lk. xxi.5-13. adorned with goodly stones and gifts; 
and one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see 
what manner of stones and what buildings ! And Jesus 
answered and said unto him, Seest thou these great 
buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon an- 
other, that shall not be thrown down. a 

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against 
the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew 

l and believe not 
a 1 Kings ix. 7; Jer. xxvi. 18; Mich. iii. 12, etc. 



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asked him privately, Tell us, when shall these things 
be ? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of 
the end of the world, when all these things shall be 
fulfilled? And Jesus answered and said unto them, 
Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall 
come in my name, • saying, I am Christ ; and the time 
draweth near ; and shall deceive many : go ye not 1 after 
them. And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of 
wars, and commotions, be not terrified : for these things 
must first come to pass ; but the end is not by and by. 
Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, 
and kingdom against kingdom : and great earthquakes 
shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences ; 
and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from 
heaven. But take heed to yourselves : before all these, 
they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you ; a 
they shall deliver you up to councils ; and shall kill 
you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's 
sake ; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten : and ye 
shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, 
for a testimony against them. And then shall many 
be offended and shall betray one another, and shall hate 
one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and 
shall deceive many. b And because iniquity shall abound, 
the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall 
endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And 
this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the 
world for a witness unto all nations ; and then shall the 
end come. 

l go ye not therefore after 
a See Matt. x. 17, 18 ; Lk. xii. 11. b Comp. 2 Thess. ii. 3, 10- 12. 



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Settle it therefore in your hearts, when they shall 

Matt x 21-25 * eaC * J 011 ' aDC * deliver J 011 U P? not to ™edi- 

Mar. xiii 11-13. tate before what ye shall answer : a for 
Lk. xxi. u-id. j ve a j^^^ an( ^ w j S( j om) which 

all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor 
resist. But whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, 
that speak ye : for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy 
Ghost. And ye shall be hated of all for my name's 
sake : but he that endureth to the end shall be saved, 
There shall not an hair of your head perish. In your 
patience possess ye your souls. And the brother shall 
deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : 
and the children shall rise up against parents, and cause 
them to be put to death. But when they persecute you 
in this city, flee ye into another : for verily I say unto 
you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, 
till the Son of Man be come. The disciple is not above 
his master, nor the servant above his lord. b It is enough 
for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant 
as his lord. If they have called the master of the house 
Beelzebub, how much more them of his household ! 
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of deso- 
lation, 0 spoken of by Daniel the prophet, 

Matt. xxiv. 15-25. , . , . , . , 

Mar. xiii. 14-23. stand in the holy place (whoso readeth, 
Lk. xxi. 20-24; ] e t ] imi understand:) and when ye shall 
xvii. 31. _ , , ' . t - 

see Jerusalem compassed with armies, 

then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then 



a Matt. x. 19, 20; Lk. xii. 11, 12. 

b Comp. Lk. vi. 40; Jno. xiii. 16; xv. 20. 

c Dan. ix. 27; comp. viii. 13; xi. 31; xii. 11. 



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let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains ; and 
let them which are in the midst of it depart out ; and let 
not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. In 
that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his 
stuff in the house, let him not come down neither enter 
therein, to take any thing out of his house ; and let him 
that is in the field not turn back again for to take up 
his garment. For these be the days of vengeance, that 
all things which are written may be fulfilled. And woe 
unto them that are with child, and to them that give 
suck in those days ! But pray ye that your flight be not 
in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day : for then 
shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the 
beginning of the creation which God created unto this 
time, neither shall be. And except that the Lord had 
shortened those days, no flesh should be saved : but for 
the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened 
the days. And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, 
here is Christ ; or, lo, there ; believe not. For there 
shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew 
great signs and wonders ; insomuch that, if it were pos- 
sible, even the very elect shall be deceived. 1 But take 
ye heed : behold ! I have foretold you all things. And 
they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led 
away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be 
trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the 
Gentiles be fulfilled. 

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall 
be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and 

1 if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 



204 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

the stars shall fall from heaven ; 1 and upon the earth 

• on nn distress of nations, with perplexity by 

Matt. xxiv. 29-36. ' r 1 J 3 

Mar. xiii. 24-37. reason of the noise of 2 the sea and the 
Lk. xxi. 25-36. wa yes ; men's hearts failing them for fear, 
and for looking after those things which are coming on 
the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 3 
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in 
heaven: and all the tribes of the earth shall 3 mourn, 
and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds 
of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall 
send his angels with a great 4 trumpet, and they shall 
gather together his elect from the four winds, from the 
uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of 
heaven. And when these things begin to come to pass, 
then look up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemp- 
tion draweth nigh. 

And he spake to them a parable ; Behold the fig tree, 
and all the trees ; when they now shoot forth, when her 
branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye see 
and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh 
at hand : so likewise ye, when ye see all these things 
come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh 
at hand, at the doors. Verily I say unto you, this gen- 
eration shall not pass away, till all these things be 
fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my 
words shall not pass away. 

1 the stars of heaven shall fall, and 

2 with perplexity ; the sea and the waves roaring; 

3 and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn 

4 a great sound of a trumpet 

alsa. xiii. 10: Ezek. xxxii. 7; Joel ii. 10, 30-32; iii. 15; Amos viii. 9, 
etc. 



PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS. 



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But of that day 'and hour knoweth no man, no, not 
the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father 
only. 

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your 
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, 
and cares of this life, and that day come upon you un- 
awares as a snare. For it 1 shall come on all them that 
dwell on the face of the whole earth. Take ye heed, 
watch therefore and pray always, that ye may be able 2 
to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to 
stand before the Son of Man : for ye know not what 
day 3 your Lord doth come. For the Son of Man is as 
a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and 
gave authority to his servants, 4 to every man his work, 
and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye there- 
fore : for ye know not when the master of the house 
cometh, whether 5 at even, or at midnight, or at the cock- 
crowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he 
find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto 
all, Watch. 

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto 

ten viroins, which took their lamps, and 

5 ' _ a I Matt. xxv. 1-13. 

went forth to meet the bridegroom. And 

five of them were wise, and five foolish. They that 

were foolish took the 6 lamps, and took no oil with them : 

but the wise took oil in the 6 vessels with their lamps. 

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and 



1 upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come 

2 ye may be accounted worthy to escape 

4 and to every man 5 omit whether 



3 what hour 
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slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold ! 
the bridegroom ! 1 go ye out to meet him. Then all 
those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the 
foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil ; for our 
lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, 
Not so ; lest there be not enough for us and you : 2 go 
ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And 
while they went to buy, the bridegroom came ; and they 
that were ready went in with him to the marriage : and 
the door was shut. Afterward came also the other vir- 
gins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered 
and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch 
therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour. 3 
When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and 
all the 4 angels with him, then shall he sit 

Matt. xxv. 31-46. ° „ _ . ' 

upon the throne oi his glory : and before 
him shall be gathered all nations : and he shall separate 
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep 
from the goats : and he shall set the sheep on his right 
hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King 
§ay unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of 
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from 
the foundation of the world : for I was an hungered, and 
ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : 
I was a stranger, and ye took me in : naked, and ye 
clothed me : I was sick, and ye visited me : I was in 
prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous 
answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hun- 



l the bridegroom cometh 2 but go ye 

3 the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh 4 the holy angels 



PREPARATION FOR THE PASSOVER. 



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gered, and fed thee ? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? 
when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or 
naked, and clothed thee ? or when saw we thee sick, or 
in prison, and came unto thee ? And the King shall 
answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inas- 
much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these 
my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he 
say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, 
ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil 
and his angels : for I was an hungered, and ye gave me 
no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : I 
was a stranger, and ye took me not in : naked, and ye 
clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited me 
not. Then shall they also answer, 1 saying. Lord, when 
saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or 
naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto 
thee ? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say 
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least 
of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away 
into everlasting punishment : but the righteous into life 
eternal. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these 
sayings, he said unto his disciples, Ye know Maft xxy . 1 g 
that after two days is the feast of the Pass- Mar. xiv. l, 2. 
over, and of unleavened bread, and the Lk * xxu " 1_ 
Son of Man is betrayed to be crucified. Then assembled 
together the chief priests, 2 and the elders of the people, 
unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caia- 
phas, and consulted that they might take Jesus by 
1 answer him, saying, 2 priests, and the scribes, and the elders 



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subtlety, and kill him. But they said, Not on the feast, 
lest there be an uproar among the people: for they 
feared the people. 

Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, 
being of the number of the twelve. And he went his 
way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, 
how he might betray him unto them, and said, What 
will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And, 
when they heard, they were glad, and covenanted to 
give him thirty pieces of silver. And he promised, and 
from that time sought opportunity how he might con- 
veniently betray him unto them in the absence of the 
multitude. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

THE PREPARATION FOR THE PASSOVER. 
Fifth and Sixth Days of the Week. — Thursday and Friday. ' 

Then came the first clay of unleavened bread, when 
the passover must be killed. And he Matt xxy . 1719 
sent Peter and John, saying, Go and pre- Mar. xiv. 12-1(5. 

x1 ,i , , Lk. xxii. 7-13. 

pare us the passover, that we may eat. 
And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we pre- 
pare ? And he said unto them, Behold ! when ye are 
entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bear- 
ing a pitcher of water ; follow him. And wheresoever 
he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The 
Master saith unto thee, My time is at hand ; where is 
the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with 
my disciples ? And he shall shew you a large upper 
room furnished and prepared: and 1 there make ready 
for us. And the 2 disciples went forth, and came into 
the city, and found as he had said unto them ; and they 
made ready the passover. 

And in the evening, when the hour was come, he sat 
down, and the twelve apostles with him. . on 

7 r Matt. xxvi. 20. 

And he said unto them, With -desire I Mar. xiv. 17. 
have desired to eat this passover with you Lk * XX11, U ~ 1S ' 
before I suffer : for I say unto you, I will not any more 

1 omit and 2 his disciples 

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210 THE EVANGELISTS' LIFE OF OUR LORD. 

eat it, 1 until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And 
he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, 
and divide it among yourselves : for I- say unto you, I 
will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom 
of God shall come. 

And there was also a strife among them, which of 
them should be accounted the greatest. 

Lk. xxii. 24-30. . _ 1 l . & „ ' 

And he said unto them, Ihe kings of the 
Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; and they that ex- 
ercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But 
ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, 
let him be as the younger : and he that is chief, as he 
that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth 
at meat, or he that serveth ? is not he that sitteth at 
meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are 
they which have continued with me in my temptations. 
And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath 
appointed unto me ; that ye may eat and drink at my 
table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the 
twelve tribes of Israel. 8 

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus 

knew that his hour was come that he 

Jno. xiii. 1-25. 

should depart out oi this world unto the 
Father, having loved his own which were in the world, 
he loved them unto the end. And during 2 supper the 
devil having now put into the heart that Judas Iscariot, 
Simon's son, should 3 betray him ; 4 knowing that the 



l eat thereof 2 And supper being ended 

3 heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray 4 Jesus knowing 
a See Matt. xix. 28. 



THE "WASHING OF THE DISCIPLES FEET. 211 

Father had given" all things into his hands, and that he 
was come from God, and went to God ; he riseth from 
supper, and laid aside his garments ;• and took a towel, 
and girded himself. After that he poureth water into 
a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to 
wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. 
Then cometh he to Simon Peter : he 1 saith unto him, 
Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and 
said unto him, What I do thou knowest ntft now ; but 
thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou 
shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I 
wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon 
Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also 
my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him, He that is 
washed needeth not to wash 2 but is clean every whit : 
and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew who should 
betray him ; therefore said he that 3 Ye are not all clean. 
So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his 
garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, 
Know ye what I have done to you ? Ye call me Mas- 
ter, and Lord : and ye say well ; for I am. If I then, 
your Lord and Master, have washed your feet ; ye also 
ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given 
you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater 
than his lord ; neither he that is sent greater than he 
that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye 
if ye do them. 

l and Peter saith 2 needeth not save to wash his feet, but is 

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1 speak not of you all : I know whom I have chosen : 
but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth 
bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. a Now 
I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, 
ye may believe that I am. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth 
me ; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent 
me. 

When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, 
and as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, 

Matt. xxvi. 21-25. M _ J • ' _ ' 

Mar. xiv. 18-21. Verily I say unto you, One of you which 
Lk. xxii. 21-23. eateth with me shall betrav me. And 

Jno.xiii. 21-85. _ . /, 

they were exceeding sorrowful, and began 
to say unto him one by one, Lord, is it I ? And he an- 
swered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the 
dish, one of the twelve, the same shall betray me. For 1 
the Son of Man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : 
but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is be- 
trayed ! it had been good for that man if he had not 
been born. 

2 The disciples looked one on another, doubting of 
whom he spake. And they began to enquire among 
themselves, which of them it was that should do this 
thing. 3 There was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his 
disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore 
beckoned to him, and saith to him, Say who it is of whom 
he speaks. 4 He then lying thus 5 on Jesus' breast saith 

l omit For 2 Then the disciples 3 Now there was 

4 beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he 
spake. 5 omit thus 

a Ps. xli. 9. 



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unto him, Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, He it is, to 
whom I shall give the 1 sop, when I have dipped it. 

And when he had dipped the sop, he took it and 2 gave 
it to Judas the son of Simon Iscariot. 3 Then Judas, 
which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it 1? 
He said unto him, Thou hast said. 

And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said 
Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. Now no 
man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto 
him. For some thought, because Judas had the bag, 
that Jesus had said unto him, Buy that we have need of 
against the feast ; or, that he should give something to 
the poor. He then having received the sop went imme- 
diately out : and it was night. 

Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is 
the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 
If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him 
in* himself, and shall straightway glorify him. Little 
children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek 
me : and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye can- 
not come ; so now I say to you. A new commandment 
I give unto you, That ye love one another ; as I have 
loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall 
all know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one 
to another. 

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, 
and brake it, and giving it to the disciples, said, 4 Take, 



l a sop 

3 Iscariot, the son of Simon 



2 omit took it and 

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eat ; this is my body which is given for you : this do in 
remembrance of me. 

Matt. xxvi. 26-29. ■ 

Mar. xiv. 22-25. After the same manner also he took 
Lk. xxii. 19,20. t ] ie CU p ? w \ ien h e supped, and when 

1 Cor. xi. 23-25. 

he had given thanks, he gave to them : 

and they all drank of it. And he said unto them, This cup 

is the new testament 3, in my blood, which is shed for you 

[and~\ for many for the remission of sins : this do ye, as 

oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. But I say 

unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of 

the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you 

in my Father's kingdom. 

Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended 

because of me this ni^ht : for it is writ- 
Matt, xxvi. 31-35. . i i 
Mar. xiv. 27-31. ten, 1 will smite the shepherd, and the 

Lk. xxii. 31-38. sne ep of the flock shall be scattered 

Jno. xiii. 36-38. 1 . . . 

abroad. Lut after I am risen again, I 
will go before you into Galilee. 

Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? 
Jesus answered 1 Whither I go, thou canst not follow 
me now ; but thou shalt follow 2 afterwards. Peter said 
unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? Al- 
though all 3 shall be offended because of thee, yet will I 
never be offended. 

4 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have 
you, that he may sift you as wheat : but I have prayed 

l answered him 2 follow me afterwards 

3 Though all men 4 And the Lord said, Simon 

a Cf. Ex. xxiv. 8; Lev. xvii. 11; Heb. ix. 12, 14, 20; xiii. 20, etc. Sec 
also Jer. xxxi. 31. b Zech. xiii. 7. 



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for thee, that thy faith fail not : and when thou art con- 
verted, strengthen thy brethren. And lie said unto him, 
Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and 
to death. I will lay down my life for thy sake. Jesus 
answereth 1 him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my 
sake ? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Peter, that this 
day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou 
shalt deny me thrice. But he spake the more vehe- 
mently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee 
in any wise. Likewise also said they all. 

And he said unto them, When I sent you without 
purse, and scrip, and shoes, a lacked ye anything ? And 
they said, Nothing. And he said 2 unto them, But now, 
he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his 
script : and he that hath no sword, let him sell his gar- 
ment, and buy one. For I say unto you, that this that 
is written must 3 be accomplished in me, And he was 
reckoned amons; the transgressors: 15 for that which con- 
cerneth me hath 4 an end. And they said, Lord, behold, 
here are two swords. And he said unto them, it is 
enough. 

Let not your heart be troubled : ye believe in God, 
believe also in me. In my Father's 



house are many mansions : if not, I 
would have told you. For 5 1 go to prepare a place for 
you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will 
come again, and receive you unto myself; that where 



Jno. xiv. 1-xvi. 83. 



l answered 2 Then said he unto them 

4 the things concerning me have 
a Matt. x. 5-15; Lk. ix. 1-5; comp. x. 1-11. 



3 must yet be 
5 omit For 
b Isa. liii. 12. 



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I am, ye may be also. And whither I go, ye know the 
way. 1 

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither 
thou goest; and how know we 2 the way? Jesus saith 
unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life : no man 
cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known 
me, ye shall 3 know my Father also : and from hence- 
forth ye know him, and have seen him. 

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and 
it suffice th us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so 
long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, 
Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; 
4 how sayest thou, Show us the Father? Believest thou 
not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me ? 
the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself : 
but the Father dwelling 5 in me, doeth his works. Be- 
lieve me that I am in the Father, and the Father in 
me : or else believe 6 for the very works' sake. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the 
works that I do shall he do also ; and greater works 
than these shall he do ; because I go unto the 7 Father. 
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I 
do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye 
shall ask me 8 any thing in my name, I will do it. 

If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will 
pray the Father, and he shall give you another Com- 

1 1 go ye know, and the way ye know. 2 how can we know 

3 ye should have known 4 and how sayest 

5 the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 

6 believe me ' my Father a omit me 



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forter, that he may be 1 with you for ever ; even the 
Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, be- 
cause it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : 2 ye know 
him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I 
will not leave you orphans : 3 I will come to you. Yet 
a little while, and the world seeth me no more ; but ye 
see me : because I live, ye shall live also. At that day 
ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, 
and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and 
keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that 
loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love 
him, and will manifest myself to him. 

Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it 
that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the 
world ? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man 
love me, he will keep my words : and my Father will 
love him, and we will come unto him, and make our 
abode with him. He that loveth me not, keepeth not 
my sayings : and the word which ye hear is not mine, 
but the Father's which sent me. 

These things have I spoken unto you, being present 
with you. But the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, whom 
the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all 
things, and bring all things to your remembrance, what- 
soever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, 
my peace I give unto you : not as the world giveth, give 
I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let 
it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go 
away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye 

l abide with you 2 but ye know 5 translated comfortless 



218 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

would rejoice, because 1 I go unto the Father : for the 2 
Father is greater than I. And now I have told you 
before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye 
might believe. 

Hereafter I will not talk much with you : for the 
prince of the 3 world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 
But that the world may know that I love the Father ; 
and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. 
Arise, let us go hence. 

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husband- 
man. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he 
taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he 
purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye 
are clean through the word which I have spoken unto 
you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch can- 
not bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine ; no 
more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye 
the branches : He that abideth in me, and I in him, the 
same bringeth forth much fruit : for without me ye can 
do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth 
as a branch, and is withered ; and men gather it and 
cast it 4 into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide 
in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye 
will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my 
Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit ; so shall ye be 
my disciples. 

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : 
continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, 

1 because I said, I go 2 my Father 3 this world 

4 gather them and cast them 



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ye shall abide in \ny love ; even as I also 1 have kept 
my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy 
might be 2 in you, and your joy might be full. This is 
my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have 
loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a 
man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my 
friends, if ye do the things which 3 I command you. 
Henceforth I call you not servants ; for the servant 
knoweth not what his lord doeth : but I have called you 
friends ; for all things that I have heard of my Father I 
have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, 
but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should 
go and bring forth fruit, and your fruit should remain : 
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, 
he may give it you. These things Lcommand you, that 
ye love one another. 

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me 
before. 4 If ye were of the world, the world would love 
his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have 
chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth 
you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The 
servant is not greater than his lord. If they have per- 
secuted me, they will also persecute you ; if they have 
kept my saying, they will keep your's also. But all 
these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, 
because they know not him that sent me. If I had not 
come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin : but 

1 omit also • 2 might remain 3 do whatsoever I 

4 before it hated you 



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now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth 
me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among 
them the works which none other man did, they had not 
had sin : but now have they both seen and hated both 
me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the 
word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They 
hated me without a eause. a 1 When the Comforter is 
come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the 
Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he 
shall testify of me : and ye also shall bear witness, be- 
cause ye have been with me from the beginning. 

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should 
not be offended. They shall put you out of the syna- 
gogues : yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth 
you will think that he doeth God service. And these 
things will they do, 2 because they have not known the 
Father, nor me. But these things have I told you, that, 
when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told 
you of them. And these things I said not unto you at 
the beginning, because I was with you. But now I go 
my way to him that sent me ; and none of you asketh 
me, Whither goest thou ? But because I have said 
these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 
Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; it is expedient for 
you that I go away : for if I go not away, the Com- 
forter will not come unto you ; but if I depart, I will 
send him unto you. And when he is come, he will con- 
vince 3 the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of 

1 But when 2 do unto you, because m % translated reprove 
a Is. xxxv. 19; lxix. 5; see also xxxviii. 20; cix. 8. 



OUR lord's last discourse. 221 

judgment : of sin, because they believe not on me ; of 
righteousness, because I go to the 1 Father, and ye see 
me no more ; of judgment, because the prince of this 
world is judged. 

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye can- 
not bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of 
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he 
shall not speak of himself ; but whatsoever he shall 
hear, shall he speak : and he will shew you things to 
come. He shall glorify me : for he shall receive of 
mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the 
Father hath are mine : therefore said 1, that he taketh 2 
of mine, and shall shew it unto you. A little while, 
and ye shall no longer 3 see me : and again, a little while, 
and ye shall see me. 4 

Then said some of his disciples among themselves, 
What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye 
shall not see me : and again, a little while, and ye shall 
see me : and, Because I go to the Father ? They said 
therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while ? we 
cannot tell what he saith. 5 Jesus knew that they were 
desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire 
among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye 
shall not see me : and again, a little while, and ye shall 
see me ? Yerily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall 
weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice : 0 ye shall 
be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because 



l to my Father 2 shall take 3 shall not see 

4 add because I go to the Father 5 Now Jesus knew 6 and ye shall 



222 THE evangelists' life op our lord. 

her hour is come : but as soon as she is delivered of the 
child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy 
that a man is born into the world. And ye now there- 
fore have sorrow : but I will see you again, and your 
heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from 
you ; and in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the 
Father, he will give you in my name. 1 Hitherto have 
ye asked nothing in my name : ask, and ye shall receive, 
that your joy may be full. 

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs ; 
2 the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you 
in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. 
At that day ye shall ask in my name : and I say not 
unto you, that I will pray the Father for you : for the 
Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, 
and have believed that I came out from God. I came 
forth from the Father, and am come into the world : 
again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. 

His disciples said, 3 Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and 
speakest no proverb. Now are we sure that thou 
knowest all things, and needest not that any man should 
ask thee : by this we believe that thou earnest forth 
from God. Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe ? 
Behold ! the hour cometh, yea, is 4 come, that ye shall be 
scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me 
alone : and yet I am not alone, because the Father is 
with me. These things I have spoken unto you, that 



1 ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 2 but the time 
3 said unto him 4 is now come 



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223 



in me ye might have peace. In the world ye 1 have trib- 
ulation : but be of good cheer ; I have overcome the 
world. 

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to 
heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come ; 
glorify thy Son, that the 2 Son may glorify 
thee : As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that 
he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given 
him. And this is life eternal, that they might know 
thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou 
hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth, having 3 
finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And 
now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self 
with the glory which I had with thee before the world 
was. 

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou 
gavest me out of the world : thine they were, and thou 
gavest them me ; and they have kept thy word. Now 
they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast 
given me, are of thee : for I have given unto them the 
words which thou gavest me ; and they have received 
them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, 
and they have believed that thou didst send me. I pray 
for them : I pray not for the world, but for them which 
thou hast given me ; for they are thine. And all mine are 
thine, and thine are mine ; and I am glorified in them. 
And now I am no more in the world, but they 4 are in 
the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep 

1 ye shall have 2 that thy Son also may 

3 on the earth : I have finished * but these are 



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them through thine own name wherein 1 thou hast given 
them to me, that they may be one, as we. While I was 
with them 2 1 kept them in thy name wherein thou gavest 
them to me, and guarded them, 3 and none of them is 
lost, but the son of perdition ; that the scripture might 
be fulfilled. And now come I to thee : and these things 
I speak in the world, that they might have my joy ful- 
filled in themselves. 

I have given them thy word ; and the world hath 
hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I 
am not of the world. I pray not that thou shoulclest 
take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep 
them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as 
I am not of the world. Sanctify them through the 4 
truth : thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into 
the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also 
might be sanctified through the truth. 

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also 
which 5 believe on me through their word ; that they all 
may be one ; as thou, Father in me, and I in thee, that 
they also may be 6 in us : that the world may believe 
that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou 
gavest me I have given them ; that they may be one, 
even as we are one : I in them, and thou in me ; that 
they may be made perfect in one ; 7 that the world may 

1 keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me 

2 with them in the world, I kept 

3 in thy name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none 

4 thy truth 5 which shall believe 
6 may be one in us 7 in one : and that 



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know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them as 
thou hast loved me. 

Father, 1 will that they also, whom thou hast given 
me, be with me where I am ; that they may behold my 
glory, which thou hast given me : for thou lovedst me 
before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, 
the world hath not known thee ; but I have known thee, 
and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I 
have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it : 
that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in 
them, and I in them. 

When Jesus had spoken these words, and when 
they had suns: an hymn, he went forth, as 

, J b n \ Matt. xxvi. 30. 

he was wont, with his disciples over the Mar. xiv. 28. 
brook Cedron, to the mount of Olives, Lk - xxii - £9 - 

Jno. xviii. 1. 

where was a garden, into the which he 
entered, and his disciples. 

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called 
Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, , r .. -. 0 _ 

7 L 7 Matt. xxvi. 36-46. 

Pray that ye enter not into temptation. Mar. xiv. 32-42. 
Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. Lk ' xxu * 40_46, 
And he took with him Peter and James and John the 
two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and 
very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is ex- 
ceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and 
watch with me. And he went forward a little farther, 
about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and fell on his 
face, on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, 
the hour might pass from him. And he said, Abba, 
Father, all things are possible unto thee ; if thou be 
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willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not 
what I will, but what thou wilt, x And there appeared 
an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly : and 
his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling 
down to the ground. And when he rose up from prayer, 
and was come to the 2 disciples, he found them sleeping 
for sorrow, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? 
What, could ye not watch with me one hour ? Watch 
and pray, that ye enter not into temptation : the spirit 
indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. He went away 
again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, 
if this 3 may not pass away except I drink it, thy will be 
done. And when he returned, he found them asleep 
again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what 
to answer him. And he left them, and went away again, 
and prayed the third time, saying again 4 the same words. 
Then cometh he the third time to the 5 disciples, and 
saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take rest : it is 
enough, behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man 
is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be 
going : behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. 

And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place : 
Matt. xxvi. 47-58. for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with 
Lk^xxU 47-53 ^ s disciples, immediately, while 

jno. xviii. 2-12. he yet spake, cometh Judas Iscariot, 0 one 
of ike twelve, with a great multitude with swords and 

l Verses 43 and 44 of St. Luke xxii. are omitted in many of the early 
MSS. 2 his disciples 

3 if this cup may not pass away from me except 4 omit again 
5 his disciples 6 omit Iscariot 



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227 



staves, and with lanterns and torches, having received 
a band of men and officers from the chief priests and 
from the 1 Pharisees, and the scribes and elders of the 
people. 

And he that betrayed him had given them a token, 
saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he ; take 
him, and lead him away safely. And as soon as he was 
come, he goeth straightway to Jesus, and saith, Hail, 
master. And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore 
art thou come ? And \Jte~\ kissed him. But Jesus said 
unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of Man with a 
kiss ? 

Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come 
upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek 
ye ? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus 
saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which 
betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had 
said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell 
to the ground. Then asked he them again, Whom seek 
ye ? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus an- 
swered, I have told you that I am he : if therefore ye 
' seek me, let these go their way : that, the saying might 
be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest 
me have I lost none. 

When they which were about him saw what would 
follow, they said 2 Lord, shall we smite with the sword ? 
Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. 
Then Simon Peter having a sword stretched out his 
hand, and drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, 
and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was 
l omit from the 2 said unto him 



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Malchus. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus 
far. And he touched the 1 ear, and healed him. Then 
said Jesus unto Peter, Put up again thy sword into his 
place : for all they that take the sword shall perish with 
the sword. The cup which my Father hath given me, 
shall I not drink it ? Thinkest thou that I cannot 2 pray 
to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than 
twelve legions of angels ? But how then shall the 
scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be ? a 

Then the band and the captain and officers of the 
Jews took Jesus, and bound him. In that same hour 
said Jesus unto the chief priests, and captains of the 
temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye 
come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves to 
take me ? I was daily with you teaching in the temple, 
and ye laid no hold on me : but this is your hour, and 
the power of darkness. But all this was done, that 
the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. 41 

Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. And 
there followed him a certain young man, having a linen 
cloth cast about his naked body ; and they 3 laid hold on 
him : and he left the linen cloth and fled 4 naked. 

And [they] led him 5 to Annas first ; for he was 
Matt. xxvi. 57, 58. father in law to Caiaphas, which was the 
Li^xxii 54 55 high priest that same year. Now Caia- 
Jno.xviii.is-16,18. phas was he, which gave counsel to the 
Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for 
the peopled 

l his ear 2 cannot now pray 3 and the young men laid hold 

4 fled from them 5 led him away to Annas 

a See Isa lii. 13-liii. 12, etc. b J no. xi. 49, 50. 



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And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away 
to Caiaphas the high priest, where the chief priests and 
the scribes and the elders were assembled. 

And Simon Peter followed Jesus afar off, and another 
disciple : that disciple was known unto the high priest, 
and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high 
priest. But Peter stood at the door without. Then 
went out that other disciple, which was known of 1 the 
high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and 
brought in Peter. And the servants and officers stood 
there, who had made a fire of coals in the midst of the 
hall ; for it was cold : and they warmed themselves : 
and Peter stood with them, and sat with the servants to 
see the end, and warmed himself at the fire. 

And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh 
one of the maids of the high priest, the 

-j i - Matt. xxvi. 69-75. 

damsel that kept the door : and when Mar. xiv. 66-72. 
she saw T Peter warming himself, she Lk - xxii 56 ~ 62 - 

°. m Jno.xviii. 17, 19-27. 

earnestly looked upon him, and said, 
And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. But he 
denied saying, I know not, neither understand I what 
thou sayest. And he went out into the porch ; and the 
cock crew. 

The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and 
of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I have spoken 2 
openly to the world ; I ever taught in the synagogue, 
and in the temple, whither all 3 the Jews resort; and in 
secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me ? ask 
them which heard me, what I have said unto them : be- 

1 known unto 2 I spake 3 whither the Jews always resort 



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hold ! they know what I said. And when he had thus 
spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus 
with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the 
high priest so ? Jesus answered him, If I have spoken 
evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest 
thou me ? Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caia- 
phas the high priest. 

And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. And 
when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw 
him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow 
was also with Jesus of Nazareth. They said therefore 
unto him,* Art not thou also one of his disciples ? And 
again he denied with an oath, Man, I am not. And 
about the space of one hour after one of the servants 
of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter 
cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him ? 
And they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou 
art of them ; for thou art a Galilasan, thy speech be- 
wrayeth thee. Then began he to curse and to swear, 
saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. And 
immediately, while he yet spake, the second time the 
cock crew. And the Lord turned, and looked upon 
Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, 
how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow to-day 1 
twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought 
thereon, he went out, and wept bitterly. 

And the chief priests 2 and all the council sought for 
Matt. xxvi. 59-68. false witness against Jesus to put him 

Mar. xiv. 55-65. . . _ & p _ ^ r 

Lk xxii 67-71 63-65 to death; and found none, r or many 



1 omit to-day 



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bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed 
not together. At the last came two 1 and bare false wit- 
ness against him, saying, We heard him say, I will 
destroy this temple of God, that is made with hands, 
and within three days I will build another made without 
hands. a But neither so did their witness asree together. 
And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked 
Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what witness 
these against thee? But Jesus held his peace and an- 
swered nothing. And the high priest answered and 
said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou 
tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. 
Jesus saith unto him, If I tell you, ye will not believe : 
And if I 2 ask you, ye will not answer. 3 Then said they 
all, Art thou then the Son of God ? And he said unto 
them, Ye say that I am ; nevertheless I say unto you, 
Hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man sitting on the 
right hand of the power of God, and coming in the 
clouds of heaven. b Then the high priest rent his 
clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy : what further 
need have we of witnesses ? behold ! we ourselves have 
heard of his own mouth : ye have heard the 4 blasphemy : 
what think ye? And they all condemned him to be 
guilty of death. 0 

And the men that held him 5 mocked him, and some 
began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buf- 
fet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy unto us, thou 

l two false witnesses 2 if I also ask 3 answer me, nor let me go 

4 his blasphemy 5 held Jesus 

a Jno. ii. 19; see Matt, xxvii. 40; Mar. xv. 29. 

b See Dan. vii. 13; Acts vii. 56. c Lev. xxiv. 1G. 



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Christ, Who is he that smote thee ? And many other 
things blasphemously spake they against him. And the 
servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. 
And straightway in the morning as soon as it was day, 
all the chief priests held a cousulta- 

Matt. xxvii. 1, 2. . . ^ 

Mar. xv. l. tion with the elders and scribes and 

Lk. xxii. 66, xxiii. l. ^ e wno ] e council, against Jesus to 

Jno. xviii. 28. . 9 te 

put him to death. And when they had 
bound him, they led him away from Caiaphas unto the 
hall of judgment : and delivered him to 1 Pilate the gov- 
ernor : and it was early ; and they themselves went not 
into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled ; but 
that they might eat the passover. 

Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw 
Matt, xxvii. 3-10. that he was condemned, repented him- 
Comp. Acts 1. 18, 19. ge ]f ? an( j_ brought again the thirty pieces 
of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have 
sinned in that I have betrayed 2 innocent blood. And 
they said, What is that to us ? see thou to that. And 
he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and 
departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief 
priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful 
for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price 
of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with 
them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore 
that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. 
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy 
the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of 
silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of 

l delivered him to Pontius Pilate 2 the innocent 



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the children of Israel did value ; and gave them for 
the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. a 

Pilate then went out unto them, and saith, 1 What 
accusation bring ye against this man? 
They answered and said unto him, If he Mar^xv^ 11 
were not a malefactor, we would not Lk - xxiiL 2 ~ 5 - 

, -i t -i i • f ™, Jno. xviii. 29-38. 

have delivered him up unto thee. Then 
said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge 2 accord- 
ing to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It 
is not lawful for us to put any man to death : that the 
saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signi- 
fying what death he should die. b 

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this 
fellow perverting our 3 nation, and forbidding to give 
tribute to Csesar, c and 4 saying, that he himself is Christ 
a king. Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall 
again, and called Jesus. And Jesus stood before the 
governor : and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou 
•the King of the Jews ? Jesus answered, 5 Sayest thou 
this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? 
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew ? Thine own nation and 
the chief priests have delivered thee unto me : what 
hast thou done ? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not 

1 and said 2 judge him 3 the nation 

4 omit and 5 answered him 

a Zech. xi. 12, 13. And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me 
my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty 
pieces of silver. And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter; 
a goodly price that 1 was prized at of them. And I took the thirty pieces 
of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord. See also 
Jer xviii. 1, 2. 

b Matt. xx. 19; Jno. xii. 32, 33. 

c See Matt. xvii. 24-27; xxii. 17-21; Mar. xii. 14-17. 



234 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

of this world : if my kingdom were of this world, then 
would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered 
t to the Jews : but now is my kingdom not from hence. 
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then ? 
Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this 
end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, 
that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one 
that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto 
him, What is truth ? 

And when he had said this, he went out again unto 
the Jews. 

And when he was accused of the chief priests and 
elders of many things, he answered nothing. Then said 
Pilate unto him, Answerest thou nothing? Hearest 
thou not how many things they witness against thee ? 
And he answered him to never a word ; insomuch that 
the governor marvelled greatly. Then said Pilate to 
the chief priests and the people, I find no fault in this 
man. And they were the more fierce, saying, He stir- 
reth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, even 1 
beginning from Galilee to this place. 

When Pilate heard, 2 he asked whether the man were 

a Galilaean. And as soon as he knew that 
Lk. xxiii. 6-16. a TT 

he belonged unto Herod s jurisdiction, he 
sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem 
at that time. 

And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad : 
for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because 



l omit even 



2 heard of Galilee, he asked 



pilate's testimony. 23*3 

he had heard 1 of him ; and he hoped to have seen some 
miracle done by him. Then he questioned with him in 
many words ; but he answered him nothing. And the 
chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused 
him. And Herod with his men of war set him at 
nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gor- 
geous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. And the same 
day Herod and Pilate 2 were made friends together : for 
before they were at enmity between themselves. 

And Pilate, when he had called together the chief 
priests and the rulers and the people, said unto them, 
Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that per- 
verteth the people : and, behold ! I, having examined 
him before you, have found no fault in this man touch- 
ing those things whereof ye accuse him : no, nor yet 
Herod : for he sent him to us ; 3 and, lo, nothing worthy 
of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise 
him, and release him. 

Now at the feast the governor was wont to release 
unto the people a prisoner, whom they Matt xxyiL lg ^ 6 
would. 4 And they had then a notable Mar. xv. 6-15. 
prisoner, called Barabbas, bound with jno^xviii 1 '^ 0 40 
them that had made insurrection 5 in ^d^ 1 * 
the city, who had committed murder in the insurrection. 
And the multitude coming up 6 began to desire him to 
do as he was wont to do 7 unto them. 

1 heard many things of him 2 Pilate and Herod 

3 for I sent 7011 to him ; and, lo, 

4 Lk. xxiii. 17. For of necessity he must release one unto them at the 
feast. 5 made insurrection with him 

6 the multitude crying aloud began 7 as he had ever done unto them 



236 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 



Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate 
said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you ? 
Barabbas, or Jesus the King of the Jews, which is called 
Christ ? For he knew that for envy they had delivered 
him. 

When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife 
sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that 
just man : for I have suffered many things this day in 
a dream because of him. But the chief priests and 
elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask 
Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered 
and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that 
I release unto you? And they cried out all at once, 
saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barab- 
bas. Now Barabbas was a robber. 

But Pilate, 1 willing to release Jesus, spake again to 
them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called 
Christ, whom ye call the King of the Jews ? And they 
cried out again, Crucify him, crucify him. Then Pilate 
said unto them, the third time, Why, what evil hath he 
done ? I have found no cause of death in him : I will 
therefore chastise him, and let him go. And they cried 
out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. And they were 
instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be 
crucified. And their voices 2 prevailed. 

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but 
rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed 
his hands before the multitude, 11 saying, I am innocent 

1 Pilate therefore, willing 

2 And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed 

a Comp. Deut. xxi. 6, 7. 



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237 



of this blood : 1 see ye to it. Then answered all the 
people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our 
children. 

And Pilate, willing to content the people, gave sen- 
tence that it should be as they required. And he re- 
leased 2 him that for sedition and murder was cast into 
prison, whom they had desired ; but when he had 
scourged Jesus, he delivered him to their will to be 
crucified. 

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the 

the common hall, called Prgetorium ; and 

' Matt. xxvn.2<-80. 

they call together the whole band. And Mar. xv. 16-19. 
they stripped him, and put on him a Jno * X1X ' 2 ' 3 ' 
scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of 
thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right 
hand : and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked 
him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews ! And they smote 
him on the head with a reed, and they smote him with 
their hands, and did spit upon him, and bowing their 
knees worshipped him. 

Pilate 3 went forth again, and saith unto them, Be- 
hold ! I bring him forth to you. that ve 

, -r n -. n i A rr^i " Jn0 ' xix - 

may know that I find no fault. lnen 
came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the 
purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the 
man ! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw 
him, they cried out, 5 Crucify him, crucify him ! Pilate 



1 innocent of the blood of this just person 
3 Pilate therefore went 

5 cried out, saying, 



2 released unto them him 
4 fault in him 



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saith unto them. Take ye him, and crucify him : for I 
find no fault in him. The Jews answered, 1 We have a 
law, and by the 2 law he ought to die, because he made 
himself the Son of God. a 

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the 
more afraid ; and went again into the judgment hall, and 
saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou ? But Jesus gave 
him no answer. Pilate saith 3 unto him, Speakest thou 
not unto me ? knowest thou not that I have power to 
release thee, and have power to crucify thee? 4 Jesus 
answered, Thou hast 5 no power against me, except it 
were given thee from above : therefore he that delivered 
me unto thee hath the greater sin. 

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him : 
but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, 
thou art not Caesar's friend : whosoever maketh himself 
a king speaketh against Csesar. 

When Pilate therefore heard these sayings, 6 he 
brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat 
in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the He- 
brew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the 
passover, 7 about the sixth hour : and he saith unto the 
Jews, Behold your King! They therefore 8 cried out, 
Away with him, away with him, crucify him ! Pilate 
saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King ? The chief 

l answered him 2 by our law 3 Then saith Pilate 

4 1 have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee ? 
5 Thou couldest have no 6 that saying 

7 and about the 8 But they cried 

a See Jno. v. 18 ; x. S3, etc. 



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239 



priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Then 
delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. 

And when they had mocked him, they took off the 
purple from him, and put his own clothes Matt. xxvii.3l-34. 
on him, and led him out bearing his cross, xv :. 2 tl 

' ° ' Lk. xxm. 26-33. 

to crucify him. And as they came out, Jno. xix. 16, 17. 

they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, who passed 

by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and 

Rufus, him they compelled to bear his cross after Jesus. 

And there followed him a great company of people, 
and of women, which 1 bewailed and lamented him. But 
Jesus turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, 
weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your 
children. For, behold ! the days are coming, in the 
which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the 
wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave 
suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, 
Fail on us ! and to the hills, Cover us ! a For if they do 
these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the 
dry ? And there were also two other, malefactors, led 
with him to be put to death. 

And when they were come to the place which is 
called in the Hebrew Golgotha, which is, being inter- 
preted, The place of a skull, they gave him to drink 
wine mingled with myrrh : b but when he had tasted 
thereof, he would not drink. 

l which also bewailed 

a Hosea x. 8. And they shall say to the mountains, Cover us! and to 
the hills, Fall on us! Comp. Isa. ii. 19; Rev. vi. 16. 
l» Comp. Matt, xxvii. 48; Ps. lxix. 21. 



240 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 



And it was the third hour, and they crucified him 
Matt, xxvii .35-38. there. And with him they crucify two 
Mar. xv. 24-28. thieves ; the one on his right hand, and the 

Lk. xxiii. 33,34,38. 

Jno. xix. 18-24. other on his left, 1 and Jesus in the midst. a 

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them ; for they know 
not what they do. 

And Pilate wrote a title, and set up over his head his 
accusation, THIS IS JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF 
THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: 
for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the 
city : and it was written in Hebrew, and Latin and 
Greek. 2 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to 
Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews ; but that he 
said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What 
I have written, I have written. 

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, 
took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier 
a part ; and also his coat : now the coat was without 
seam, woven from the top throughout. They said there- 
fore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots 
for it, whose it shall be : that the scripture might be ful- 
filled, 3 They parted my raiment among them and for my 
vesture they did cast lots. b These things therefore the 
soldiers did. And sitting down they watched him there. 

And the people stood beholding. And they that 
Matt, xxvii.39-44. passed by reviled him, c wagging their 

L^'xliir is-ST nea ^ s > anc * sa yi n g> Thou that destroyest 
39-43. the temple, and buildest it in three 

1 Mar. xv. 28. And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he 
was numbered with the transgressors. 

2 Greek and Latin 3 fulfilled, which saith, They 
a See Isa. liii. 12. b Ps. xxii. 18. c See Vs. xxii. 6, 7; cix. 25. 



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241 



days,* save thyself, 1 if thou be the Son of God, and 
come down from the cross ! Likewise also the chief 
priests mocking said among themselves, with the scribes 
and elders, He saved others ; himself he cannot save. 
He is 2 the King of Israel, let him now come down 
from the cross, that we may see, and we will believe on 3 
him. He trusted in God ; let him now, if he will, b 4 
deliver him : for he said, I am the Son of God. The 
thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the 
same in his teeth. And the soldiers also mocked him, 
coming to him, 5 offering him vinegar. 

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed 
on him, Art thou not the 6 Christ ? Save thyself and us. 
But the other answering and rebuking him, said, 7 Dost 
not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condem- 
nation ? And we indeed justly ; for we receive the clue 
reward of our deeds : but this man hath done nothing 
amiss. And he said, 8 Jesus, remember me when thou 
comest into thy kingdom. And he 9 said unto him, 
Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me 
in paradise. 

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, 
and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and 

1 save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down 

2 If he be the King 

3 omit on 

4 let him deliver him now, if he will have him ; for 

5 to him and offering 

6 railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save 

7 answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not 

8 said unto Jesus, Lord, remember 

9 And Jesus said 

a Matt. xxvi. 61 ; Mar., xiv. 58; Jno, ii. 19. b Ps. xxii. 8. 

1§ 



242 THE evangelists' life of our loud. 



Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, 
and the disciple standing by, whom he 

Jno. xix. 25-27. . _ 

loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, 
behold thy son ! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold 
thy mother ! And from that hour that disciple took her 
unto his own home. 

And when the sixth hour was come, there was dark- 
ness over the whole land until the ninth 

Matt, xx vii. 45-50. . 

Mar. xv. 33-87. hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried 
Lk. xxiii 44-43. with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama 

Jno. xix. 28-80. . . . n . . , . . . , 

sabachthani : which is, being interpreted, 
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? a And 
some of them that stood by, when they heard, said, Be- 
hold! he calleth Elias. 

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now 
accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, 
I thirst. 1 There was set a vessel full of vinegar : and 
straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and 
filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him 
to drink. b The rest said, Let be, let us see whether 
Elias will come to save him. 

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he 
cried again with a loud voice, It is finished. Father, 
into thy hands I commend my spirit : and having said 
thus, he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 

And, behold ! the veil of the temple was rent in 

Matt xxvii 51-56 twam fr° m the top to the bottom ; and 

Mar. xv. 38-41. the earth did quake, and the rocks rent ; 

and the graves were opened ; and many 

l Now there was 
a p*. xxii 1. b Ps. Ixix. 21, 



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243 



bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of 
the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy 
city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centu- 
rion, which stood over against him, and they that were 
with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those 
things that were done, that he so 1 gave up the ghost, he 
glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man ; 
and they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son 
of God. And all the people that came together to that 
sight, having beheld 2 the things which were done, smote 
their breasts, and returned. And all his acquaintance, 
and many women were there beholding afar off, which 
followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: a 
among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the 
mother of James and Joses, and Salome, the mother 
of Zebedee's children, and many other women which 
came up with him unto Jerusalem. 

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, 
that the bodies should not remain upon 

Jnt>. xix. 31-37. 

the cross b on the Sabbath day, (for that 
Sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that 
their legs might be broken, and they might be taken 
away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of 
the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead 
already, they brake not his legs : but one of the soldiers 
with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there- 
out blood and water. c And he that saw bare record, 



1 he so cried out, and gave up 
a See Lk. viii. 1-3. b Deut. xxi. 22, 23. 



2 beholding 
c 1 Jno. v. 6. 



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and his record is true : and he knoweth that he saith 
true, that ye also 1 might believe. For these things 
were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone 
of him shall not be broken. a And again another script- 
ure saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. b 
And now when the even was come, because it was the 



secretly for fear of the Jews, a good man, and a just, 
which also waited for the kingdom of God: he came, 
and went in boldly unto Pilate, and besought that he 
might take away the body of Jesus. (The same had 
not consented to the counsel and deed of them.) And 
Pilate marvelled if he were already dead : and call- 
ing the centurion, he asked him whether he had been 
any while dead. And when he knew it of the centurion, 
he gave the body to Joseph. 

And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first 
came to him 2 bynight, d and brought a mixture of myrrh 
and aloes, about an hundred pound. Then took they 
the body of Jesus, and wound it in fine clean linen 
clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to 
bury. Now in the place where he was crucified there 
was a garden ; and in the garden his own new tomb, 

l omit also 2 came to Jesus by night 

a See Ex. xii. 46; Num. ix. 12; Ps. xxxiv. 20. 
b Zech. xii. 10; comp. Ps. xxii. 17; Rev. i. 7. 



Matt, xxvii .57-61. 
Mar. xv. 42-47. 
Lk. xxiii. 50-56. 
Jno. xix. 33-42. 



preparation, that is, the day before the 
Sabbath, there came a rich man 0 of Ari- 
mathsea, named Joseph, an honorable 
counsellor, being a disciple of Jesus, but 



c Isa. liii. 9. 



d Jno. iii. 1, 2; vii. 50. 



THE WATCH AT THE SEPULCHRE. 245 

which he had hewn out in the rock, wherein was never 
man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because 
of the Jews' preparation ; for the sepulchre was nigh at 
hand. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the 
sepulchre, and departed. 

And the women 1 which came with him from Galilee, 
Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, the mother of 
Joses followed after, and sitting over against the sep- 
ulchre, beheld how his body was laid. And they returned, 
and prepared spices and ointments ; and rested the Sab- 
bath day according to the commandment. 3 

The Sabbath, the Seventh Day op the Week. 

Now the next day, that followed the day of the pre- 
paration, the chief priests and Pharisees 

r • o. Matt, xxvii.62-66. 

came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, 
we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet 
alive, After three days I will rise again. b Command 
therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third 
day, lest the 2 disciples come 3 and steal him away, and 
say unto the people, He is risen from the dead : so the 
last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto 
them, Ye have a watch : go your way, make it as sure 
as ye can. So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, 
sealing the stone, -and setting a watch. 

l the women also which 2 his disciples 

3 come by night and steal 

a Ex. xx. 8-10, etc. 

b Matt. xvi. 21 ; xvii. 23; xx.19; xxvi.61; Mar.viii.31; ix.31; x.34; 
Lk. ix. 22; xviii. 33; xxiv. 7; Jno. ii. 19, etc. 



CHAPTER 



XXIV. 



THE DAY OF THE RESURRECTION. 

And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, 
Matt, xxviii. 1-4. and Mary the mother of James, and 
L^xxlv. l 2. Salome, had bought sweet spices, that 
Jno.-xx. l. they might come and anoint him. 

And, behold ! there was a great earthquake : for the 
angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came 
and rolled back the stone, 1 and sat upon it. His counte- 
nance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 
and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became 
as dead. And very early in the morning the first day 
of the week, when it was yet dark, Mary Magdalene 
and the other Mary came unto the sepulchre at the 
rising of the sun, bringing the spices which they had 
prepared. 2 And they said among themselves, Yfho shall 
roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre ? a 
And when they looked, they saw that the stone was 
rolled away : for it was very great. 

Then [Mary Magdalene] runneth, and cometh to 
2 Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, 
whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, 
They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, 
and we know not where they have laid him. 

1 the stone from the door, and 2 prepared, and certain others with them 
a See Mar. xv. 4G. 

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THE WOMEN AT THE SEPULCHRE. 



247 



And [the women] entered in, and found not the 
body of the Lord Jesus. And it came , T ... . 0 

J Matt. xxvm. 5-8. 

to pass, as they were 1 perplexed there- Mar. xvi. 5-8. 
about, behold ! two men stood by them Lk " xxlv ' 3 ~ 8 ' 
in shining raiment : 2 and as they were afraid, and 
bowed down their faces to the earth, the angel answered 
and said unto them, Be not affrighted : for I know that ye 
seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified : why seek 
ye the living among the dead ? He is not here, but is 
risen : remember how he spake unto you when he was 
yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of Man must be deliv- 
ered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, «and 
the third day rise again. a (And they remembered his 
words). Come, see the place where they laid him. But 
go your way quickly, tell his disciples and Peter that he 
is risen from the dead ; and, behold ! he goeth before 
you unto Galilee ; there shall ye see him, as he said unto 
you : lo, I have told you. And they departed quickly 
from the sepulchre with fear and great joy ; and did 
run to bring his disciples word. 

And [others] went out, 3 and fled from the sepulchre ; 
for they trembled and were amazed : neither said they 
anything to any man ; for they were afraid. 

Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, 
and came to the sepulchre. So they ran Lk. xxiv. 12. 
both together : and the other disciple did Jl10 ' xx * 3 " 1(X 
outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. And he, 
stooping down, saw the linen clothes lying ; yet went he 

1 much perplexed 2 shining garments 3 went out quickly 

a Matt. xii. 40; xvi. 21; xvii. 23; xx. 19; Mar. viii. 31; ix. 31; x. 34; 
Lk. ix. 22; xviii. 33; xxiv. 6, 7, etc. 



248 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 



not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and 

went into the sepulchre, and stooping down, seeth the 
linen clothes lie by themselves, and the napkin, that 
was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but 
wrapped together in a place by itself, and departed, 
wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. 
Then w.ent in also that other disciple, which came first 
to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet 
they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again 
from the dead. Then the disciples went away again 
unto their own home. 

And [the women] returned from the sepulchre, and 
told all these things unto the eleven, and 

Lk. xxiv. 9-11. 

to all the rest. It was Mary Magdalene, 
and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other 
women with them, which told these things unto the 
apostles. And these 1 words seemed to them as idle 
tales, and they believed them not. 

And, behold ! two of them went that same day to a 
Lk. xxiv. 13. village called Emmaus, which was from 
Jerusalem threescore furlongs. 

But Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven 
Mar. xvi. 9-11. devils, stood without at the sepulchre 
jno. xx. n-17. weeping : and as she wept, she stooped 
down, and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two 
angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the 
other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 
2 They say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou ? She 
saith unto them, Because they have taken away my 



1 their words 



2 pre/. And 



JESUS APPEARS TO MARY MAGDALENE. 249 

Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. 2 When 
she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw 
Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus 
saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom 
seekest thou ? She. supposing him to be the gardener, 
saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell 
me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. 
Jesus saith unto her, Mary ! She turned herself, and 
said unto him in Hebrew,- Rabboni ! which is to say, 
Master ! Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not ; for I 
am not yet ascended to my Father : but go to my 
brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto the 3 Father, 
and your Father ; and to my God, and your God. 
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples \_and~] 
them that had been whh him, as they mourned and 
wept, that I have 4 seen the Lord, and that he had 
spoken these things unto her. And they, when they 
had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, 
believed not. 

And 5 behold ! Jesus met [the other women], saying, 

All hail. And they came and held him 

^ . Matt, xxvih. 9-15. 

by the feet, and worshipped him. Then 
said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid : go tell my breth- 
ren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see 
me. 

Now when they were going, behold! some of the 
watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief 
priests all the things that were done. And when they 



1 pre/ And 

4 that she had seen 



2 omit in Hebrew 8 my Father 

5 And, as they went to tell his disciples, behold! 



250 the evangelists' life of our lord. 



were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, 
they gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say 
ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him while we 
slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, we will 
persuade him, and secure you. So they took the money, 
and did as they were taught : and this saying is com- 
monly reported among the Jews until this day. 

And they [that went to Emmaus] talked together of 
Mar xvi 12 13. a ^ these things which had happened. 
Lk. xxiv. 14-S5. And it came to pass, that, while they 
communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself in an- 
other form drew near, and went with them. But their 
eyes were holden that they should not know him. a And 
he said unto them, What manner of communications 
are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk ? and 
they stood sad. 1 And 2 one of them, whose name was 
.Cleopas, b answering said unto him, Art thou only a 
stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things 
which are come to pass there in these days ? And he 
said unto them, What things ? And they said unto him, 
Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet 
mighty in deed and word before God and all the people ; 
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him 
to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But 
we trusted that it had been he which should have re- 
deemed Israel : and beside all this, it 3 is the third day 
since these things were done. Yea, and certain women 



l as ye walk, and are sad? 2 And the one of them 

3 to-day is the third 
a Comp. Jno. xx 14; xxi. 4. b Comp. Jno. xix. 25. 



THE JOURNEY TO EMMA US. 



251 



also of our company made us astonished, which were 
early at the sepulchre ; and when they found not his 
body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision 
of angels, which said that he was alive. And certain 
of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and 
found it even so as the women had said : but him they 
saw not. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of 
heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken ! 
ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to 
enter into his glory ? And beginning at Moses a and all 
the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the script- 
ures the things concerning himself. And they drew 
nigh unto the village, whither they went : and he made 
as though he would have gone further. But they con- 
strained him, saying, Abide with us : for it is toward 
evening, and the day is now 1 far spent. And he went 
in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat 
at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and 
brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, 
and they knew him : and he vanished out of their sight. 
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn 
within us, while he talked with us by the wa} r , 2 while 
he opened to us the scriptures ? And they rose up the 
same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the 
eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, 
saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to 
Simon. And they told what things were done in the 



l omit now 2 and while he 

a Comp. e.g. Gen. iii. 15; xxii. 18; xxvi. 4; xlix. 10; Num. xxi. 9; 
Deut. xviii. 15, etc. 



252 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

way, and how he was known of them in breaking of 
bread : neither believed they them. 

Then the same day at evening, being the first day 

Mar xvi 14 °^ wee ^? as tne y t,nus s P a ke, when the 
Lk. xxiv. 36-43. doors were shut where the eleven disci- 

Jno. XX. 19-25. i 1 n n n A i T 

pies were 1 for fear oi the Jews, came 
Jesus and stood in the midst, as they sat at meat, and 
said unto them, Peace be unto you. And he upbraided 
them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because 
they believed not them which had seen him after he was 
risen. But they were terrified and affrighted, and sup- 
posed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto 
them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise 
in your heart ? 2 Behold my hands and my feet, that it 
is I myself : handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not 
flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had 
thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet and 
the side. 3 And while they yet believed not for joy, 
and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any 
meat ? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, 4 
and he took it, and did eat before them. a 

Then said he 5 to them again, Peace be unto you: as 
my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And 
when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said 
unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose soever 
sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose 
soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 



1 were assembled for fear 2 your hearts 

4 fish, and of an honeycomb 

a Comp. Gen. xviii. 8. 



3 and his side 
5 said Jesus 



THE UNI5ELIEF OF THOMAS. 



253 



But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was 
not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples 
therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But 
he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the 
print of the nails, and put my finger into the place 1 of 
the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not 
believe. 

l the print of the 



CHAPTER XXV. 



THE FORTY DAYS TO THE ASCENSION. 

And after eight days again his disciples were within, 
and Thomas with them : then came Jesus, 

Jno. xx. 26-29. . ■ 

the doors being shut, and stood m the 
midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to 
Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands ; 
and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side : 
and be not faithless, but believing. Thomas answered 
and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith 
unto him, 2 because thou hast seen me, thou hast be- 
lieved : blessed are they that have not seen, and have 
believed. 

Then after these things the eleven disciples went 
Matt, xxviii. ig. away into Galilee [and~\ Jesus shewed 
Jno. xxi. 1-24. hi ms elf again to them at the sea of Ti- 
berias ; and on this wise shewed he himself. There 
were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didy- 
mus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons 
of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon 
Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto 
him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and 
entered into a ship ; 3 and that night they caught nothing. 

1 And Thomas 2 unto him, Thomas, because 

3 into a ship immediately 
2oi . 



APPEARANCE AT THE SEA OF TIBERIAS. 255 

But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on 
the shore : but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. 
Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any 
meat ? They answered him, No. He saith 1 unto them, 
Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall 
find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able 
to draw it for the multitude of fishes. Therefore that 
disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the 
Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the 
Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was 
naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. And the 
other disciples came in a little ship ; (for they were not 
far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) 
dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they 
were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and 
fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto them, 
Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. Simon 
Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great 
fishes, an hundred and fifty and three : and for all there 
were so many, yet was not the net broken. 

Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none 
of the disciples durst ask him. Who art thou ? knowing 
that it was the Lord. Jesus 2 cometh, and taketh bread, 
and giveth them, and fish likewise. This is now the 
third time that Jesus shewed himself to the 0 , disciples, 
after that he was risen from the dead. 

So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, 
Simon, son of John, 4 lovest thou me more than these ? 



l And he said unto 
s his disciples 



2 Jesus then cometh 
4 Jonas 



256 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I 
love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He 
saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of John, 1 
iovest thou me ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou 
knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed 
my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, 
son of John, 1 lovest thou me ? Peter was grieved be- 
cause he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me ? 
And he saith 2 unto him. Lord, thou knowest all things ; 
thou knowest that I love thee. He 3 saith unto him, 
Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When 
thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst * 
whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, 
thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall 
gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. 
This spake he, signifying by what death he should 
glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith 
unto him, Follow me. 

4 Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus 
loved, following, which also leaned on his breast at 
supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee ? 
Peter therefore 5 seeing him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and 
what shall this man do ? Jesus saith unto him, If I will 
that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? follow 
thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the 
brethren, that that disciple should not die : yet Jesus 
said not unto him, He shall not die ; but, If I will that 
he tarry till I come. 6 



l twice Jonas 2 he said 3 Jesus saith 

4 Then Peter 5 omit therefore 6 till 1 come, what is that to thee? 



THE DISCIPLES COMMISSIONED. 257 



This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and 
wrote these- things : and we know that his testimony is 
true. 

[Then went the eleven] into a mountain where Jesus 
had appointed them. And when they Matt, xxviii. 16-20. 
saw him, they worshipped : 1 but some Mar - XV1, 1& ~ 18, 
doubted. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, 
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth : go 
ye into all the world, and teach all nations, and preach 
the gospel to every creature, baptizing them in the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost : teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 
I have commanded you. He that believeth and is bap- 
tized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be 
damned. And these signs shall follow them that be- 
lieve ; in my name shall they cast out devils ; they shall 
speak with new tongues ; they shall take up serpents ; 
and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt 
them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall 
recover ; and, lo, I am with you alway unto the end of 
the world. 2 

He shewed himself alive to the apostles by many in- 
fallible proofs, being seen of them forty Mar xy . 19 2Q> 
days, and speaking of the things pertain- Lk. xxiv. 44-53. 
ing to the kingdom of God. And he 
said unto them, These are my 3 words which I spake unto 
you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be 
fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and 
in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 

1 worshipped him 2 add Amen. 3 the words 

17 



258 THE evangelists' life of our lord. 

Then opened he their understanding that they might 
understand the scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it 
is written that Christ should* suffer, and rise from the 
dead the third day : and that repentance for the 2 re- 
mission of sins should be preached in his name among 
all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 3 Ye are witnesses 
of these things. 

And, being assembled together with them, he com- 
manded them that they should not depart from Jerusa- 
lem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which ye 
have heard of me. For John truly baptized with 
water ; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost 
not many days hence. 

When they therefore were come together, they asked 
of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore 
again the kingdom to Israel ? He 4 said unto them, It is 
not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the 
Father hath put in his own power: but ye shall receive 
power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you ; and 
ye shall be my 5 witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all 
Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of 
the earth. 

And when he had spoken these things, he led them 
out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and 
blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed 
them, he was parted from them while they beheld, and 
a cloud received him out of their sight. And he was 



1 written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise 

2 and remission 3 And ye are 4 And he said 

£ be witnesses unto me 



THE ASCENSION. 



259 



received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of 
God. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven 
as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white 
garments; 1 which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why 
stand ye gazing up into heaven ? this same Jesus, which 
is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like 
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Then 
returned they unto Jerusalem with great joy, from the 
mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath 
day's journey : and were continually in the temple, 
praising 2 God. 3 And they went forth, and preached 
every where, the Lord working with them, and con- 
firmino; the word with siu'ns following. 3 

And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence 
of his disciples, which are not written in j no X x. 30, si; 
this book : the which, if they should be XX1 - 2o - 
written every one, I suppose that even the world itself 
could not contain the books that should be written ; but 
these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the 
Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might 
have life through his name. 3 
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